| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Notes on deposition |
2006-08-21 |
gB |
We have no apparent cases of intrusion in the glacis or in the natural accumulations above the Plaza until the latest, post-sacral phase (h7JPA). Accordingly, a5 requires special attention. During excavation, the top of the pit was noticed just above the level of the glacis. Since the pit is in the section of k13, it could be determined that indeed it was not cut from above the glacis surface, and that the grey, ashy accumulation found elsewhere directly above the glacis covers it imemdaitely (see v81). There are two possible scenarios to explain this pattern of deposition. (1) It may have been cut in the final era of the Mittani period when natural accumulation had covered the monumental structures (wall, f11; apron, f10; J2 staircase) along the periphery of the temple mound. The location of the pit could have marked the outer limit of the sacral area, which now consisted of the baqaya surface from the pit up to the BA temple. The pit possibly would then have been cut for ceremonial purposes, as a poor memory of earlier cultic activities at the foot of the Temple Terrace. This would date the pit to the very end of phase h6BJPA. (2) Alternatively, the pit could have been dug by Assyrians who displaced the Mittani at Urkesh. To them, the still extant mound would have had no sacred meaning and they could have dug the pit where it was most convenient to them for any one of a variety of purposes. This would date the pit to the very beginning of phase h7JPA. [Input: Q821JW1.j] |
| 2006-08-21 |
jW |
The stratigraphy associated with a pit which has been partially excavated in the NW corner of k13 and which can be clearly analyzed by examining the west baulk. The pit was cut directly into the baqaya glacis of the temple mound, f109. There is no evidence of a cut in the ashy accumulation, f111, (later determined to be part of a packed mud glacis above f109) which covered the baqaya in the entire exposed portion of the locus. In other words, the pit was cut and filled while the glacis was still visible. Afterwards, the entire glacis was covered with the mud packing. [Input: Q821JW1.j] |