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Unit Book J6

The Northeastern End of the Temple Terrace and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6a2

Processed on 2024-11-29

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2008-08-11 pC is [Input: S811PC.j]
Best definition 2008-08-11 !! installation [Input: S811PC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-08-11 pC installation [Input: S811PC.j]
Description (summary) 2008-08-11 pC The situation East of the staircase at the end of mittani, where only the glacis and the memory stones f127 were visible. The glacis covers all the temple mound and comes to the stones f127 to the West and continues to the South. [Input: S811PC.j]
2009-01-21 pC a2 consists in wall f127 and the glacis f63 (^glacis1): the glacis is a hard and compact surface which is sloping and comes to wall f127, where possibly it ends. In this case the glacis has the function of glacis in j3, were a series of glacis were layed on top of the temple mound and end aganist the revetment wall. For similarity of situation the surfaces in J6 were named also glacis. [Input: SZ31.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Nature of association 2008-08-11 pC glacis f63 (^glacis1) is located under stones f127 and f152, therefore should be dated before walls f101 and f152, f127. The glacis was visible while theese wall were built, and were used in the same time. Walls f127, f101 and f152 are all 'memory stones' build on top of previous Third Millennium walls. [Input: S811PC.j]
Features within aggregate 2008-08-11 !! f170 (accumulation D) [Input: S811PC.j]
2008-08-11 pC f63 (glacis), f101 (stone installation), f107 (glacis), f109 (glacis), f110 (glacis), f127 (wall), f152 (wall) [Input: S811PC.j]
Items within aggregate 2008-08-11 !! i7 (pin), i17 (seal), i19 (pin), i21 (weapon) [Input: S811PC.j]
q-lots within aggregate 2008-08-11 !! q182 (bones, pottery), q205 (bones, pottery), q208 (bones, pottery), q214 (bones, pottery), q219 (pottery), q247 (pottery), q276 (pottery), q279 (pottery), q290 (pottery) [Input: S811PC.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-21 !! s18MZA, s19MZA, s19aMZA [Input: S921PC2.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2008-09-21 !! h63MZA [Input: S921PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2008-08-11 pC The glacis was laid to protect the temple mound and coming aganist the wall f127 (or under it). wall f127 remembers the function of wall f129, as a boundary of the Staircase. East of the staircase and of wall f127 the temple monumental acces finishes and therefore f127 is the eastern boundary in Mittani time. The glacis can be seen as a hard floor surface, sloping and following the form of the temple mound. [Input: S811PC.j]