J6^wall6

File: \MZ\A\J06\D\^\wall6.HTM
Processed on 09-12-2010
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Labeling/Designation
Label includes another 2008-9-1pC f100 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2008-9-1pC f129 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2008-9-1pC f130 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2008-9-1pC f177 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Category 2009-2-12!! installations [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Definition 2009-2-12pC ~w [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Best image 2008-9-1 pC

v57a
2009-7-17 pC

v242

Description/Count
Description 2008-9-1pC The Third Millennium wall running North-South, located East of the staircase. Its southern end is wall f130, which comes out to the west for 30cm and its stones are set in east-west direction, whereas stones of f129 are layed in North-South direction: it has the function of a boundary between the area where is the monumental staircase and the East, were there are other buildings (only hypothetic, not excavated). On the top of the wall there is a layer of earth and probably of ^glaci s1 on which rests on top of ^wal l5, which is a later building phase of the same wall. [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2008-9-1pC The wall has been damaged in ancient times, while it has several cracks. One possible explanation is that on top of this wall was layed too much whight (^wal l5 and ^wal l3) [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2009-7-17pC Stone wall with north east, south-west orientation 12 meters long and two stones thick. Build to the east of the monumental staircase. The wall has two well cut stones faces. The wall is larger at the base. The masonry at the southern part of the wall is more regular and the stones smoother. At the southern face two oblique obelisks are laid against it and the wall at the west side is buttressed. At the northern end the wall is built on top of a mud brick wall ^wal l13 belonging to a previous phase. The upper row consists in large undressed boulders resting on top of a thick mud layer. [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Recovery/Assignment and the Record
Argument 2008-9-1pC The back part of the wall was not exposed due to safe reasons (removing the earth in both sides would create a collapse or damage of the wall) [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Time sequencing
I99.NTime 2008-9-1pC It is structurally connected to the staircase and because is bounded with it and the staircase is contemporary to the apron and the revetment wall, we can say that this wall belongs to the same construction phase. [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2009-2-12pC While we did not uncovered the wall till the bottom, we cannot be sure of its date. We can be sure it is more ancient than h33, while ^glaci s3 abuts it. For the fact that is bounded to staircase J2 f130 we think that is at least h23 (ED III). Another reason is the similarity of construction way to staircase J2 f130 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Measurements
Height 2009-7-17pC 180 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
2009-7-17pC 285 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Length 2009-7-17pC 1200 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
Top width 2009-7-17pC 120 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]
low width 2009-7-17pC 150 [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]

Manufacturing
Notes on manufacturing 2009-7-17pC flanking wall for staircase [Input file: U717PC2.J / U717PC2.-J]