J6^wall.12

File: \MZ\A\J06\D\^\wall12.HTM
Processed on 09-12-2010
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Labeling/Designation
Label includes another 2009-7-17pC f218 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2009-7-17pC f219 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Category 2009-7-17!! installations [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Definition 2009-7-17pC ~w [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Best image 2009-7-17 pC

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Description/Count
Description 2009-7-17pC Stone wall east-west oriented, beginning north of staircase and ^wal l6, continues to the east for 760 cm, turns north with a 90° angle continuing for 660 cm. The structure is not completely exposed, but for what is possible to understand, it consists of one single wall which on the southern side is 9 rows high and for the eastern side only 4 rows are exposed (max height 325 cm): the masonry is the same for all the lower portion; the upper part instead is damaged and consists in an irregular laid stone surface. To the east and to the south an earth escarpment ^glaci s8 and ^glaci s9 abuts it [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Measurements
Height 2009-7-17pC 135 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2009-7-17pC 325 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Length 2009-7-17pC 760 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Top width 2009-7-17pC 250 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Manufacturing
Notes on manufacturing 2009-7-17pC Rough undressed stones embedded into mud mortar with smaller stones between the joints. The stones have an irregular shape, but most of them have a rectangular form. The stones are set in uneven shifted courses. The wall has no foundations and is straight for all its height. To the west the first stone rests on top of a previous mud brick wall ^wal l13. The upper portion to the east consists in irregularly laid stones, sloping slightly up [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Function
M99.NFunct 2009-7-17pC Eastern boundary of terrace (revetment wall). Possibly the wall continues to the North reaching the eastern side of the temple [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]