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Unit Book J3

The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3f66

Processed on 2024-12-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-09-01 gM isolated stone [Input: P904GM.j]
Summary 2012-10-07 jW Large middle Mittani capstone in k101 that tops the EDIII revetment wall f11. [Input: WX07JW1.j]
Best image 2006-04-20 jW
v27 [Input: Q420JW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-29 jW A square, cut block of limestone in the NW corner of k101 that forms part of the top of the monumental wall, f11, and that overhangs the typological column k104. It sits atop another larger stone, f67, with little or no binding material between. [Input: Q302JW2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-09-01 gM k101 [Input: P904GM.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-09-03 rE r293 (40739 48970 - 9115 / Relay location: NW corner El=top) [Input: P904RE-R.j]
2005-09-03 rE r294 (40712 48958 - 9095 / Relay location: SW corner El=bottum) [Input: P904RE-R.j]
2005-09-03 rE r295 (40708 48984 - 9115 / Relay location: SE corner) [Input: P904RE-R.j]
2005-09-03 rE r296 (40734 48995 - 9115 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input: P904RE-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-09-01 gM m4025 [Input: P904GM.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2005-09-01 gM m4025 [Input: P904GM.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2005-09-18 rE f66 (isolated stone) bonds with f11 (wall) [Input: Q301JW.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2005-09-18 rE f66 (isolated stone) abuts f67 (isolated stone) [Input: Q301JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s148bJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-08-26 !! f583 (brick installation) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-09-08 !! f591 (stone installation) [Input: W908JW2.j]
2012-09-09 !! h7mJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f51 (packing) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f66 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f67 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f68 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s148bJ3B [Input: WX07JW.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2006-04-26 jW Part of monumental wall, f11. [Input: Q426JW.j]
2012-10-07 jW One of three limestone blocks that cap revetment wall f11. They were most probably added as part of the middle Mittani period westward expansion. [Input: WX07JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-09-01 gM lithic [Input: P904GM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v17
2005-08-25 rE [Input: P904GM5.j]

v17b
2005-08-25 rE [Input: P904GM5.j]

v27
2005-09-03 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v27a
2005-09-03 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

v27b
2005-09-03 gM [Input: P904GM5.j]

p5
2006-05-03 jW [Input: Q503JW.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2005-09-01 gM P903 [Input: P904GM.j]
2005-09-01 jW We removed this overhanging stone to safely excavate k104 along the north face of the monumental wall, f11. We attempted to fashion a rope restraint, but in doing so loosened the stone from the dirt matrix in which it and the stone directly below, f67, sit. [Input: P901JW.j]