Locus: H7K11:028 Supervisor: L. Willis
Locus type: Earth
Designation: Cobble surface in SW
Start date: 27 Jul, 1998
End date: 05 Aug, 1998
Rationale
Reason: Presence of tightly packed cobbles
Top separation: / Bottom separation:

Interpretation:
Function: Cobble floor in administrative complex
Stratigraphy remarks: Used with Walls 4 & 7
Locus Date: Late Iron 2


Description

Munsel:
Verbal: Dark brown
Number: 10YR 4/3

Texture:
Loam-Silt loam
Particle Shape:
A: 20
As: 30
Sr: 20
R: 30

Consistence:
Hardness: Hard
Compactness: very. Gravelly
Wetness: somewhat. Wet
Structure: Random

Measurements:
Length: 3.14
Width: 2.98
Lower Depth: 0.0
Upper Depth: 0.0
Direction: 0
Slope: 0

Surface Material:
Cobbles
Greates number observable: 0

Inclusions:
Pebbles: 100.0
Cobbles: 10.0
Boulders: 0.5
Stone Distribution: Random

Remarks: Unexcavated in U98; cobbles disappeared among boulders in W; were lying with some earth in N along Wall 4 immediately above a large unnumbered wall (see photos)


Levels

location top level bottom level
13 913.21 (Legacy Level: 911.76) no level
22 no level 913.25 (Legacy Level: 911.80)
23 no level 913.03 (Legacy Level: 911.58)
31 913.19 (Legacy Level: 911.74) 912.99 (Legacy Level: 911.54)
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 H7K11:024
Seals against Wall H7K11:004
Seals against Wall H7K11:007



Photos - Slideshow

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Cobble surf
28 Jul, 1998
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Cobble surf
28 Jul, 1998
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Cobble surf
28 Jul, 1998
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Progress
29 Jul, 1998
98h11412 98H11412
Progress
30 Jul, 1998
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Final
05 Aug, 1998

Pottery Readings

date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
28 Jul, 1998 70 49 4 17 75
diagnostic date form
Late Iron 2/Persian 4 Bowls, 1 Cooking pot
Late Iron 1 1 Pithos, 1 Jug, 1 Cooking pot
Early Iron 1 1 Jug
date pail baskets publish diagnostics total count location comments
29 Jul, 1998 71 47 1 5 38
diagnostic date form
Iron 2 1 Bowl
Iron 1 1 Jar, 1 Jug, 1 Cooking pot

Objects

registration description quantity certainty comments
B986666 Pestle 1 Probable

Object Information

Shape: Ovoid
Material: Basalt
Other Information:
  Multifacial
  Pebble

Object Dimensions

Weight: 202.6cm
Height/Length: 5.3cm
Width: 4.7cm
Thickness: 4.8cm