Unit 18689

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: mud brick pillar 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: brick

Dimensions: .30 x .20 m 

Discussion: Removing the mudbrick (18685) revealed both plaster mortar/molding (18688) and the round brown layer of silty loam (18689) described here. The extremely clean round shape of this layer, combined with the evidence of the wall scarring on the western face of wall F.4088 suggests that this is evidence of a mudbrick pillar which, after being constructed, may have been adjusted and addended by features like the plaster represented by (18688) and the mudbrick above it (18685) which seems to be composed of the same materials. 

Recognition: evident round brown clay loam bound by (18688), found when removing (18685) 

Definition: clear - bounded by plaster (18688) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: soft, friable 

Colour: brown (medium) 

Texture: silty loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: plaster surrounding (18688), mudbrick (18685) laid over 

Basal Boundary: clear - plaster mortar with basin-like contour (18688) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18688 below: (Click to view the record) 18685 

Total Deposit Volume: 2 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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