includes other label | 2021-3-07 | jW | ^Burials | [Input File: ZF307jW.j] |
category | !! | !! | other features | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2005-8-28 | rE | burial | [Input File: P904gM1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A human burial in k104 consisting of a well-preserved skeleton and grave goods in fill beneath the baqaya surface of the glacis, f50, of the BA Temple mound. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
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description (summary) | 2005-9-01 | jW | A burial in k104 consisting of a well-preserved skeleton, f60 and i8; two grave goods, a bead, i7, and a hand-sized stone tool, i10. A stack of partially burned bricks, f62, marked it. | [Input File: P901jW.j] |
2005-8-28 | rE | Burial near N section of k104, in the compacted fill, f59, behind monumental wall, f11, and consisting of human bones (i8), bead (i7), stone tool (i10), a brick marker (f62), and q-items (q100). | [Input File: P904gM1.j] | |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v24 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2005-8-28 | rE | f60,f62,i7,i8,i10,q100 | [Input File: P904gM1.j] |
notes on time sequencing | 2005-9-01 | jW | The skeleton was found in the bottom of fill, f59, atop two other lenses of fill, red soil, f65, and ashy soil, f64. We conclude that stone tool, i10, and the bead were placed at the gravesite, then the body was placed overtop in a layer of clean, soil, f59, laid atop f64 and f65, which was then compacted. | [Input File: P901jW.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2005-8-28 | rE | burial | [Input File: P904gM1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | An animal burial in fill at the base of the revetment wall, f11, in k104. It was near to but not definitely associated with human burial a1. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p3 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2005-8-28 | rE | A burial consiting of placed animal bones (head and long bone) near the base of monumental wall, f11. It is not clear whether this is associated with human burial, a1 located nearby. | [Input File: P904gM1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v23 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2005-8-28 | rE | f61,q103 | [Input File: P904gM1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2007-7-17 | jW | installation | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | The elements of the first reconstruction of the BA Temple mound accomplished during the Mittani period. It comprises a wahal glacis, f123 and f152, and a line of stones, a16, placed atop the revetment wall, f11, which had been covered with aeolian accumulation. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
description (summary) | 2007-7-17 | jW | A group of elements which constitute the lower portion of the BA Temple Mound re-built in the Mittani period after the monumental wall had been covered by natural accumulation. It consists of a wahal mud glacis (f152 in k22 and k23; f123 in k108; and f33 and f38 in k101), a line of memory stones, a16 in k101, k108, and k109; and a wall apron a502 in k2 and k107. | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v158 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2007-7-17 | jW | f33,f38,f123,f152,a16,a502 | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-8-16 | eDB | stone installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | Five large limestone blocks arranged in an E-W line at the same elevation in k13. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p15 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-8-16 | eDB | A line of large limestone blocks (f112 = f208, f117 = f206, f130 = f205, f132 = f207) running E-W relatively close to the surface. Their relative positions suggest that they were intentionally placed, possibly as a part of a wall or enclosure. Their proximity to the surface also suggests that they were moved to their current position. It is unclear when they were placed and it could range from the late Mittani period through the Middle Assyrian period which immediately followed, to a much later time associated with scattered occupation. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v72 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
notes on recovery | 2006-8-30 | jW | We began removing the four E-W stones today. Their pedistal and the soil surface on which the two N-S stones rested (f147) provide an opportunity to collect a ceramic sample to determine if the installation was used during the time after Mittani occupation. We expect that it was probably built by Middle Assyrians because the bottom of the stones was about 15cm above the mud glacis, f152, which was likely kept clean by Mittani temple worshipers. | [Input File: Q830jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2006-8-29 | aA | 905 (41196 48987 - 9228 / Relay location: E corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] |
2006-8-29 | aA | 906 (41137 48850 - 9203 / Relay location: SE corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 902 (41243 49320 - 9300 / Relay location: NE corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 903 (41198 49302 - 9285 / Relay location: SE corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 904 (41287 49048 - 9296 / Relay location: SW corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 907 (41230 48849 - 9215 / Relay location: SW corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 908 (41301 48934 - 9237 / Relay location: W corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
2006-8-29 | aA | 909 (41380 49089 - 9302 / Relay location: NW corner) | [Input File: Q830JW-R.J] | |
notes on volumetric localization | 2006-8-30 | jW | while plotting relays of the outline of the "L" shaped arrangement of the large limestones and their individual shapes which were excavated in k13 and k23, jW noticed that one of the stones had not been assigned a feature number. Furthermore, it was not possible to positively identify which stones of the E-W line of four were previously designated. We assigned new feature numbers (f205, f206, f207, f208) to the stones and relayed each again. | [Input File: Q830jW4.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-8-16 | eDB | f112,f117,f130,f131,f132 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A shallow hemispherical pit and its associated fills in the NW corner of k13. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | v120 |
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description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A pit that was cut into the baqaya packing, f109, f50, which covered the temple mound from when it was constructed in the Early Dynastic III period until the middle of the Mittani period. As the packed mud glacis which covered the pit fills and cut was applied atop the baqaya late in the Mittani period, we presume that the pit was cut by those who knew the sacred nature of the temple mound. We can discern no apparent purpose for the pit because the fill was relatively clean. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v87 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f122,f127,f128 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
notes on deposition | 2006-8-21 | jW | The stratigraphy associated with a pit which has been partially excavated in the NW corner of k13 and which can be clearly analyzed by examining the west baulk. The pit was cut directly into the baqaya glacis of the temple mound, f109. There is no evidence of a cut in the ashy accumulation, f111, (later determined to be part of a packed mud glacis above f109) which covered the baqaya in the entire exposed portion of the locus. In other words, the pit was cut and filled while the glacis was still visible. Afterwards, the entire glacis was covered with the mud packing. | [Input File: Q821jW1.j] |
2006-8-21 | gB | We have no apparent cases of intrusion in the glacis or in the natural accumulations above the Plaza until the latest, post-sacral phase (h7JPA). Accordingly, a5 requires special attention. During excavation, the top of the pit was noticed just above the level of the glacis. Since the pit is in the section of k13, it could be determined that indeed it was not cut from above the glacis surface, and that the grey, ashy accumulation found elsewhere directly above the glacis covers it imemdaitely (see v81). There are two possible scenarios to explain this pattern of deposition. (1) It may have been cut in the final era of the Mittani period when natural accumulation had covered the monumental structures (wall, f11; apron, f10; J2 staircase) along the periphery of the temple mound. The location of the pit could have marked the outer limit of the sacral area, which now consisted of the baqaya surface from the pit up to the BA temple. The pit possibly would then have been cut for ceremonial purposes, as a poor memory of earlier cultic activities at the foot of the Temple Terrace. This would date the pit to the very end of phase h6BJPA. (2) Alternatively, the pit could have been dug by Assyrians who displaced the Mittani at Urkesh. To them, the still extant mound would have had no sacred meaning and they could have dug the pit where it was most convenient to them for any one of a variety of purposes. This would date the pit to the very beginning of phase h7JPA. | [Input File: Q821jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A shallow hemishpereical pit and its associated fills in the NE corner of k23. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | v120 |
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description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A pit that was cut into both the baqaya glacis, f109, and the packed mud (wahal) glacis, f152. The fills were relatively clean, so it was impossible to determine the function. The most likely time that it was use was late in the Mittani period. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v62 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
notes on recovery | 2020-8-01 | jW | At one place in the NE corner of locus k23 there was a succession of at least three distinct special-use features, one atop the other. Starting from the top, near the surface was a hard-packed circle of soil with a burned spot in the middle, f136. Underneath was a circular layer of fist-sized stones in a matrix of mud, f142, at an elevation of about 50cm above the wahal surface, f152, of the Mittani rebuild of the temple mound. On the bottom was pit, a6, which was cut into the baqaya surface, f109, of the original BA temple mound built during the Early Dynastic perion. | [Input File: ZE801jWjW.j] |
2020-8-01 | jW | It was inappropriate to link these features as an a aggregate because they are not in the same stratum. Likewise, they are typologically different and cannot be linked as an assemblage. | [Input File: ZE801jWjW.j] | |
2020-8-01 | jW | Although the congruence of these features is possibly a chance occurrence, that location could also have been ritually important. For example, all three elements are just to the east of some deteriorated mudbrick architecture, f215. Unfortunately, excavation ended before the extent and function of f215 could be determined. As such we can only say that the link among the three features to a continuing ritual is a distinct possibility. | [Input File: ZE801jWjW.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f149,f153,f160 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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link to text files | 2007-7-24 | jW | R723JW.T | [Input File: R724jW.j] |
category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | An installation consisting of an X-shaped array of large limestone blocks, a4, f110, f169 , f195, f216 ; floor surfaces, f4, f143; and a tannur, f3, all located in the four-corner region of loci k12, k13, k22, and k23. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p15 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | An L-shaped arrangement of large stones (a4,f110,f169 = f201,f195,f216), tannur, f3. and a floor surface, (f4), all at approximately at the same elevation (9250) and with 200cm of one another. Although it was most likely a living surface, it is impossible to tell the precise function. The elevation suggests that it was used in the late-Mittani period or immediately following, but exactly when is problematical. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v92 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | a4,f3,f4,f110,f112,f130,f132,f169,f195,f201,f216 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | stone installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | An arc of large limestone blocks located south of the memory stones, a16, in k109. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p16 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | An arc of large limestone blocks to the south of the memory stones along the covered top of revetment wall, f11. No associated living surface could be found, although the arrangement suggests that the stones were intentionally placed. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v117 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2006-9-10 | aA | 2101 (40998 48149 - 9101 / Relay location: NE corner) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2102 (40956 48153 - 9097 / Relay location: E corner) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2103 (40829 47975 - 9068 / Relay location: SE corner) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2104 (40860 47666 - 9075 / Relay location: SW corner) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2105 (40943 47678 - 9070 / Relay location: NW corner) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2106 (40934 47886 - 9216 / Relay location: N arc1) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2107 (40973 47921 - 9224 / Relay location: N arc2) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] | |
2006-9-10 | aA | 2108 (40946 47975 - 9230 / Relay location: N arc3) | [Input File: QX06EI2R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f185,f186,f187,f188,f248,f249 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | stone installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A cluster of four large limestone blocks that surround a group of four smaller ones located south of the memory stones, a16, in k109. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p40 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A cluster of four large limestone blocks surrounding a circular arrangement of four smaller ones located south of revetment wall, f11. No associated surface was found, but the arrangement suggests that they were intentionally placed. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v143 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f255,f256,f264,f265,f266,f267,f332 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A pit with a rectangular-shaped cut located in the NW corner of k23. | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p17 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | Grave-shaped pit in the NW corner of k23. The spoils from digging this pit are the likely source of the Uruk period seal impressions found adjacent to the north in accumulation, f252, which lay atop a layer of bricks, f262, which in turn covered the baqaya glacis, f109. The chronology suggests that it was dug in the Mittani period after the wahal glacis, f152, was constructed. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v144 | [Input File: R718jW1.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2007-7-30 | fXX | 128 (45321 33904 - 8376 / Relay location: NW corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 129 (45292 34025 - 8376 / Relay location: NE corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] | |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 130 (45212 33867 - 8376 / Relay location: SW corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] | |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 131 (45163 33989 - 8376 / Relay location: SE corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f258,f263,f269 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2007-7-17 | jW | installation | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A collection of large, randomly oriented limestone blocks located to the south of and below the top of the revetment wall, f11, located in loci k109, k108, k101, k1, and k106. | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
best image | 2007-7-17 | jW | v151 |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-17 | jW | A group of 34 large limestone blocks located along the outward face (S) of the revetment wall, f11, in k109, k108, k101, k1, and k106. They are randomly oriented and distributed in depths ranging from a few centimeters to fifty centimeters below the top of f11. Most are located in k109 and the west part of k108. Their source is problematical, although they were most likely displaced from structures located higher to the north on the BA temple mound. There were two clusters of these stones: f40, f48, f85 and f91 in k101; and f289, f290, and f291 in k108. | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
locus | 2007-7-17 | jW | 108 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
2007-7-17 | jW | 101 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] | |
2007-7-17 | jW | 1 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] | |
2007-7-17 | jW | 106 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-19 | jW | A group of disparite elements (pit, spoils from its digging, and seal impressions in the spoils) in the NW corner of k23. | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A pit with its fill, a10, the likely detritus from its digging, f252 , and a brick coating, f270 and f215, of the baqaya glacis, f109, upon which were found seal impressions from the Uruk period, a14. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-19 | jW | v145 | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2007-7-30 | fXX | 41 (45778 34716 - 8849 / Relay location: SE corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 42 (45820 34716 - 8843 / Relay location: NE corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] | |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 43 (45823 34667 - 8844 / Relay location: NW corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] | |
2007-7-30 | fXX | 44 (45782 34653 - 8867 / Relay location: SW corner) | [Input File: R730FXXR.J] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | a10,a14,f252,f270,f215 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
category | !! | !! | other features | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | item aggregate | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-19 | jW | A collection of jewelry items in accumulation just south of and below the top of the revetment wall in k109. | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p17 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A faience pendant and a collection of beads made from faience and other materials found together in accumulation south of the revetment wall, f11. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-19 | jW | [Input File: R719jW.j] | |
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features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | i20.1,i20.2,i20.3,i20.4,i21,i22,i23,i24,i25,q374.1,q379.1 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
notes on deposition | 2006-9-14 | jW | This collection of a faience pendant and a number of beads were all found within a radius of 50cm. They were all at the same elevation in a matrix consisting of hard-packed laminations containing sherds and small stones. There was no obvious container. The find spot was about 100cm south of the south face of the revetment wall, f11 and about 50cm below its top. Preliminary analysis of the pottery shows that it was Mittani. We conclude from these facts that it is likely that the pendant and beads formed a necklace which was dropped and not retrieved. It must have been quickly covered. The most likel time of deposition was in Stratum 13, Phase 6b in the Mittani period. | [Input File: Q914jW.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | item aggregate | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-19 | jW | A group of seal impressions found just north of pit a10. | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
best image | !! | !! | p17 | [Input File: !!] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A group of Uruk period seal impressions found immediately to the north of pit a10. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-19 | jW | [Input File: R719jW.j] | |
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features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | i14,i15.1,i15.2,i15.3,i16,i17,i18,i19,q328.3,q328.4,q328.5 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | jW | installation | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
summary | 2007-7-19 | jW | A group of deteriorated red brick structures and pits in the NW corner of k23 marking the transition from a later wahal glacis to an earlier baqaya glacis. | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
description (summary) | 2006-9-19 | jW | A group of bricks(red) and a brick structure with associated pit abutting a wahal glacis and overlaying a baqaya glacis, f109. The baqaya glacis, f109, was constructed in the Early Dynastic Period as part of the temple BA mound that includes a revetment wall, f11. Eventually the wall was covered with accumulation and a set of memory stones, a16, was placed atop it. A new wahal glacis, f152, was constructed atop at least the lower part of the baqaya glacis to make a smooth transition to the higher elevation of the memory stones. The wahal abutted a line of bricks that ran east to west along the north baulk of k23 and which included a deteriorated structure that may have incorporated a ceremonial pit. | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
best view | 2007-7-19 | jW | v146 | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | jW | f152,f215,f262,f192,a6 | [Input File: Q919jW1.j] |
includes other label | 2021-3-07 | jW | ^MITinstall | [Input File: ZF307jW.j] |
category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2007-7-17 | jW | installation | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A line of limestone blocks in k101, k108, and k109, set in rough rows atop the revetment wall after it was covered, probably in memeory of it as the use of the BA Temple Complex continued into the Mittani period. | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-17 | jW | A line of 45 large limestone blocks roughly placed in rows oriented east to west that extend the entire width of loci k101, k108, and k109. These were placed approximately along the line of the top of the revetment wall, f11, after the wall had been covered by accumulation during the Mittani period. They were set into the wahal surface of the second glacis, f123, f148, z1. The stones most likely served as a reminder of where the wall had been as the temple continued in use after the original plaza, steps and wall systems were covered. As such they are often called memory stones in our journal entries. | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v156 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
locus | 2007-7-17 | jW | 101 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
2007-7-17 | jW | 109 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
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definition (typological label) | 2007-7-17 | jW | installation | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
summary | 2007-7-17 | jW | A line of five limestone blocks running SE to NW in k109. The function is unknown. | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
best image | !! | !! | v116 |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-17 | jW | A single line of five large limestone blocks oriented SE to NW along the northeastern corner of k109. Their extent is unknown as they appear to continue into unit J1. They are at the approximate elevation of the third glacis, but they cannot be definitely linked stratigraphically. The orientation of the center blocks, f244 and f246, (rectangular slabs set on the long edge and parallel to one another) suggests that they may have functioned as a doorway, but altertanately, the overall linear orientation suggests that all 5 stones may have functioned as a second set of memory stones in conjunction with a second Mittani rebuild of the glacis and memory stone system. a3. | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
best view | 2007-7-17 | jW | v117 | [Input File: R717jW1.j] |
features within aggregate | 2007-7-17 | jW | f244,f245,f246,f329,f330 | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2007-7-17 | jW | installation | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
summary | 2007-7-19 | jW | The glacis and wall system which formed the BA Temple mound at the time of its construction in the Early Dynastic period. | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
best image | !! | !! | v163 |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-17 | jW | A group of elements which constitute the lower portion of the BA Temple Mound built in the Early Dynastic period. It consists of a massive revetment wall, f11 in k101 and a glacis above it made of baqaya (local virgin soil), f50 in k101 and k12, and f109 in k13. It remained essentially intact until covered during a rebuild during the Mittani period. | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
best view | 2007-7-19 | jW | v158 | [Input File: R719jW.j] |
features within aggregate | 2007-7-17 | jW | f11,f50,f109 | [Input File: R718jW.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2010-9-15 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: U915jW.j] |
2010-9-21 | jW | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] | ||
best image | !! | !! | v173 |
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description (summary) | 2010-9-15 | jW | Pit consisting of cut (f350) and fill (f349), in the middle of the border between loci k13 and k12. In two days of excavation, the pit yielded sherds identified as LC3, a broken grindstone, and a flint blade. The function could not be determined from the cultural material within. | [Input File: U915jW.j] |
2010-9-21 | jW | A small pit along the southern edge of k13, extending into k12. | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-21 | jW | f349,f350 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
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includes other label | 2021-3-07 | jW | ^Burials | [Input File: ZF307jW.j] |
category | !! | !! | other features | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2010-9-19 | jW | burial | [Input File: U921jW.j] |
2010-9-21 | jW | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] | ||
best image | !! | !! | v177 |
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description (summary) | 2010-9-19 | jW | infant burial in a jar resting on floor, f357, surrounded by fill, f356 beneath mudbrick floor, f355. There was no evidence of a pit cut. | [Input File: U921jW.j] |
2010-9-21 | jW | An infant burial in the middle of k13 which sits in fill, f356 and rests on floor accumulation f357. | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2010-9-19 | jW | 2604 (41409 49338 - 9180 / Relay location: NW) | [Input File: UX01JW-R.J] |
2010-9-21 | jW | 2632 (41463 49255 - 9180 / Relay location: NW) | [Input File: UX01JW1R.J] | |
2010-9-18 | jW | 2601 (41468 49267 - 9164 / Relay location: west edge) | [Input File: U930JW2R.J] | |
2010-9-18 | jW | 2602 (41426 49290 - 9164 / Relay location: east edge) | [Input File: U930JW2R.J] | |
2010-9-18 | jW | 2603 (41403 49247 - 9164 / Relay location: S edge) | [Input File: U930JW2R.J] | |
2010-9-21 | jW | 2633 (41407 49280 - 9181 / Relay location: SE ) | [Input File: UX01JW1R.J] | |
2010-9-21 | jW | 2605 (41324 49233 - 9181 / Relay location: SE ) | [Input File: UX01JW-R.J] | |
2010-9-21 | jW | 2606 (41452 49282 - 9181 / Relay location: top) | [Input File: UX01JW-R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-21 | jW | i31,i32,i33 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
notes on aggregation | 2010-9-20 | jW | This aggregate consists of the burial jar and the items contained with it. These are: i31 - jar; i32 - heman remains; i33 - soil, i34 - animal bone; and i35 -sherds within the soil matrix. | [Input File: U921jW1.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2010-9-21 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
best image | !! | !! | v183 |
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description (summary) | 2010-9-21 | jW | A small pit in the SW corner of k13 which extends into the NW corner of k12. It intrudes into a yet undefined brick structure, f361. There were human bones found just to the south of this pit, but it cannot yet be ascertained whether they are associated with it. | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2010-10-03 | bS | 2647 (41283 49083 - 9120) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2648 (41298 49125 - 9123) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2649 (41256 49143 - 9120) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-21 | jW | f359,f360 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
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description (summary) | 2010-9-22 | jW | A rectangular pit containing the burial of an adult located in the SW corner of k12. It was sealed by glacis f50 and f368. It intrudes into f351. | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2010-9-22 | jW | 2628 (41086 49034 - 9073 / Relay location: E drawing reference) | [Input File: U930JW2R.J] |
2010-9-22 | jW | 2629 (41117 48974 - 9073 / Relay location: W drawing reference) | [Input File: U930JW2R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2651 (41009 49003 - 9044) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2652 (41149 49060 - 9058) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2653 (41150 49004 - 9058) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2654 (41126 48965 - 9064) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2650 (41034 48936 - 9040) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-22 | jW | f364,f365 i34 q436 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2010-9-22 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
description (summary) | 2010-9-22 | jW | A pit cut into the top of wall f348 located in the NE corner of k110 (and k13). | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2010-10-03 | bS | 2661 (41474 49447 - 9204) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2662 (41444 49446 - 9206) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2663 (41407 49471 - 9204) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2664 (41358 49460 - 9197) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2659 (41348 49491 - 9178) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2660 (41458 49538 - 9212) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-22 | jW | f347,f367 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2010-9-22 | jW | pit aggregate | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
description (summary) | 2010-9-22 | jW | A pit intruding into the bricks of f361 in the northern part of k12. The fill was not excavated as a separate feature. | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
relays (applicable to elements) | 2010-10-03 | bS | 2655 (41172 49053 - 9070) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2656 (41223 49089 - 9092) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2657 (41203 49133 - 9085) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] | |
2010-10-03 | bS | 2658 (41154 49113 - 9076) | [Input File: UX03JW-R.J] |
features within aggregate | 2010-9-22 | jW | f369 | [Input File: Ux05jW4.j] |
category | !! | !! | fill, dumping, collapse | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2006-9-19 | eI | collapse | [Input File: Q918eI2.j] |
best image | 2007-7-16 | mO | v505 |
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description (summary) | 2006-8-12 | vVE | Aggregate a500 consists of several large boulders (f502, f503, f504, f505, f506, f507, f508, f509 and f510) and a pebble concentration (f511) that lie scattered in a natural accumulation. I consider it as a collapse coming from the second apron to the north of a500. | [Input File: Q812vE2.j] |
2006-9-19 | eI | collection of boulders and pebbles that over time rolled down from the 2nd apron | [Input File: Q918eI2.j] |
daily notes | 2006-8-12 | vVE | The features that make up a500 had already been exposed in a previous campaign when this locus, J3 k1, was a locus of J2. These features were left standing and the deposits around and/or under it were excavated. I decided on the basis of the same depositional history for all these features and their close vicinity that these features constitute one aggregate, a500. | [Input File: Q812vE2.j] |
argument | 2006-8-12 | vVE | The distribution of the cluster of stones of a500 is somewhat scattered and seems to slightly descend from the North to the South. These two observations seem to argue that they were dislodged from a stone structure that must have been laying to the north. This could only have been the second apron whose remaining top stones are already visible in k2 or, more precisely, in the older German trench in unit B6. However, the stones of a500 do not seem to lay on the same surface (no surface is in fact apparent) and this argues for the interpretation that the stones were deposited over time and not in a single event. | [Input File: Q812vE2.j] |
features within aggregate | 2006-9-19 | eI | f501,f502,f503,f504,f505,f506,f507,f508,f511 | [Input File: Q918eI2.j] |
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category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2007-7-21 | mO | apron | [Input File: R721mO.j] |
best image | 2007-7-16 | mO | v154 |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-21 | mO | The stepped stone installation in J03, that we call the Second Apron, is the continuation of this structure which was discovered in J02 and J03 ( k101 ). This part of the second apron was assigned the feature number f532. However it has become clear that the part of the second apron in k107 is different from the part in k2. In k107 the stone structure still seems to be stepped while in k2 it obviously is not ( f556 ). | [Input File: R721mO.j] |
features within aggregate | 2007-7-21 | mO | f532,f556,f10 | [Input File: R721mO.j] |
category | !! | !! | installation | [Input File: !!] |
definition (typological label) | 2007-7-21 | mO | wall | [Input File: R721mO.j] |
best image | 2007-7-16 | mO | v152 |
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description (summary) | 2007-7-21 | mO | Large stones situated all along k101,k1,k107 from E to W, on the south side of f10,f532,f556; It's a group of stones belong to the revetment wall of the temple terrace ( f591,f569,f11 ) , seeing that they seem to be far from the upper apron stones and at a lower level. | [Input File: R721mO.j] |
features within aggregate | 2007-7-21 | mO | f591,f569,f11 | [Input File: R721mO.j] |