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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: post-retrieval pit |
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| Location: abutting east wall of space 86 in northern part |
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| Grid X: 1057.41 Grid Y: 1187.69 |
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Easily defined, cutting platform 170+173. The post aligns with original boundary of these platforms. A semibukranion lay within the top layer of the pit fill. The pit is filled from the top with large pieces of brick and moulded plaster. Brick at the top in north. Cow skull/jaw fragment squashed under large plaster blob.
20-30 cm below surface is a thick layer of red burnt material as fill. Corresponds to layer of burned soil under plaster floor of feature 173. Layer in pit is thinner than under floor. Pit is filled with large pieces of moulding plaster jammed in (don't forget - the roof collapsed on top of this feature). A large circular piece jammed in horizontally. This plaster was very carefully cleaned 5-7/08/99. Plaster was filmed in detail and removed in sequence that was deposited. Under plaster is a hole for post excavated 22/08.
The plaster infill of this pit was at first recognized to be a semiboukranion that had fallen into the pit nose forward and had jammed. Once the plaster was removed it turned out to be amorphous lumps of moulding plaster/clay from which it was difficult to derive meaning. It seems now that it can be interpreted as plaster moulded around the post that was jammed when the post was removed. The post went down below plaster and post-retrieval pit further 20-30 cm. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 762 |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 170, 173 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 3 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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