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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5a705

Processed on 2024-09-22

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2024-09-21 jW ^aprn1 [Input: ZI921jW1.j]
Includes other label 2009-09-14 jW f4 (stone installation), f186 (wall), f198 (stone installation), f199 (stone installation) [Input: T914JW.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2009-09-14 !! apron [Input: T914JW.j]
Best image 2009-09-15 jW v122 [Input: T915JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-09-14 jW apron [Input: T914JW.j]
Description (summary) 2009-09-14 jW This group of features comprises decorative stonework inside the perimeter of the Mittani revetment wall, ^wall3. It roughly corresponds to a mirror image of the apron systems in J2 and J3 found to the west of the eastern staircase. Here the stones are not so specifically arranged in rows although they are bounded to the east by a double line of large stones, f186. What we see are isolated patches of large stones, f4, f198, and f199, covered by a large, unexcavated block of soil, f5. Analysis of the ceramics found in the vicinity indicates that it was built during the Mittani period's western retrenchment. [Input: T914JW.j]