Unit 22699

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: painted plaster on threshold 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: ridge; Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: painted

Discussion: This is the only remaining evidence of the paint on threshold F. 7967. It is a small square of plaster on the E end of the threshold, found beneath the final white plastering event which covered nearly the entire building (u. 22642). When it was excavated, several layers of plaster came off as one since the bottom layer was so much less strongly bonded to the makeup than the layers were to each other, so we have no way of knowing how many painted layers there were. However, the topmost layer was contiguous with the layer u. 22684, a painted layer of plaster that covered not only the platform but also the bench and the wall F. 7712. The models and recording photos of burials F. 7961 & 7962 may show the relationship between the burials and this painted layer of the threshold. Because the unit was so small, the entirety was collected in samples. 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: white plaster, painted red 

Texture: plaster 

Bedding: compound-- many layers of plaster were unnegotiably stuck together and came off as one; we have no way of knowing whether all such layers were painted 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: erosion 

Basal Boundary: clear-- came down on plaster floor of sp. 556 and makeup of threshold F. 7967 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32537, 22665 below: (Click to view the record) 22642 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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