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Unit Book J3

J3a5

Processed on 2024-05-25

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2006-09-19 jW pit aggregate [Input: Q919JW1.j]
Summary 2007-07-17 jW A shallow hemispherical pit and its associated fills in the NW corner of k13. [Input: R718JW1.j]
Best image 2007-07-17 jW
v87 [Input: R718JW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2006-09-19 jW A pit that was cut into the baqaya packing, f109, f50, which covered the temple mound from when it was constructed in the Early Dynastic III period until the middle of the Mittani period. As the packed mud glacis which covered the pit fills and cut was applied atop the baqaya late in the Mittani period, we presume that the pit was cut by those who knew the sacred nature of the temple mound. We can discern no apparent purpose for the pit because the fill was relatively clean. [Input: Q919JW1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2006-09-19 jW k13 [Input: Q919JW1.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 2006-09-19 !! f354 (volumetric material) [Input: Q919JW1.j]
2006-09-19 jW f122 (fill), f127 (fill), f128 (pit cut) [Input: Q919JW1.j]
Items within aggregate 2006-09-19 !! i12 (bead) [Input: Q919JW1.j]
q-lots within aggregate 2006-09-19 !! q170 (pottery), q247 (pottery), q423 (pottery) [Input: Q919JW1.j]

Deposition

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]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 !! s0J3B, s190J3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-08-26 !! f512 (volumetric material) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f545 (volumetric material) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f559 (accumulation D) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f560 (accumulation D) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f592 (volumetric material) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f595 (volumetric material) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f636 (accumulation D) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-09-09 !! h7cJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-09-09 !! h9sJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f122 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f127 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f128 (pit cut) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f149 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f153 (fill) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f160 (pit cut) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f192 (isolated individual brick) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f215 (brick installation) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f217 (accumulation D) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f258 (layer) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f269 (pit cut) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f354 (volumetric material) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f366 (volumetric material) [Input: WX07JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v54
2006-08-15 eF [Input: RX31JW.j]

v54a
2006-08-15 eF [Input: RX31JW.j]

v63
2006-08-17 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v63a
2006-08-17 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v72
2006-08-22 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v81
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v81a
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v85
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v85a
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v87
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v87a
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v92a
2006-08-29 rE [Input: RX31JW.j]

v93
2006-08-31 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v94
2006-08-31 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]

v120
2006-09-11 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v120a
2006-09-11 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v127
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v131
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v132
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v134
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v138
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v140
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v142
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v142a
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v142b
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v142c
2006-09-12 bL [Input: RX31JW.j]

v172
2010-09-15 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v172a
2010-09-15 jW [Input: V205JW.j]

v173
2010-09-15 jW [Input: V205JW.j]