Locus: F6L98:042 Supervisor: D. Herr
Locus type: Earth
Designation: Fill in Pit 43
Start date: 28 Jul, 1987
End date: 28 Jul, 1987
Rationale
Reason: Looser; large pottery deposits
Top separation: Clear / Bottom separation: Clear

Interpretation:
Function: Fill in Pit 43
Stratigraphy remarks: Equals Pit 9 but is shallower; dug as if the pit sealed against Wall 46, but, like Pit 29, it went under it
Locus Date: Persian

Draw Balks: E

Description

Munsel:
Verbal: Light brownish gray
Number: 10YR 6/2

Texture:
Loam-Silt loam
Particle Shape:
A: 0
As: 0
Sr: 100
R: 0

Consistence:
Hardness: Very Loose
Compactness: moderately. Loose
Wetness: moderately. Dry
Structure: Random

Measurements:
Length: 1.9
Width: 0.9
Lower Depth: 0.03
Upper Depth: 0.23
Direction: 0
Slope: 0


Inclusions:
Pebbles: 780.0
Cobbles: 1.0
Stone Distribution: Random

Artifact Inclusions:
Flint: 5.0
Artifact Distribution: Random

Remarks: Pottery was more freq than in other places but was not as concentrated as many of the other pits

Levels

location top level bottom level
16 907.24 907.01
location grid
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36


Stratigraphy

type description related locus
Under Earth layer F6L98:008
Under Wall F6L98:004
Equals Pit F6L98:029
Seals against Pit F6L98:043


Photos - Slideshow

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Pottery Readings

date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jul, 0887 133 6 0 31 146
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2 1 Pithos, 4 Bowls, 1 Lamp
Early Iron 2 1 Jug, 2 Bowls
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jul, 0887 134 7 0 15 91
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2 1 Plate, 3 Jugs, 1 Krater, 1 Cookpot
Iron 2 1 Jug, 2 Cookpots

Objects

registration description quantity certainty comments
B871394 UD 1

Object Information

Shape: Oblong
Material: Stone
Other Information:
  Perforated

Object Dimensions

Height/Length: 10.5cm
Width: 7.3cm