Unit 18917

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall plaster 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: plaster; Deposition: layered (wall plaster)

Dimensions: 3,2m NW-SE. 0,4m high. 0,02m thick 

Description: N.F.E. P. EX. 2009
Excavated in 2012 

Discussion: Plaster on S. face of wall, F.2533 (N. wall of SP.135, B.80)
Associated with possible first floor of structure.

Number allocated for reference in P EX. 2009 (N.F.E).

(entered 2012):
although plan and section numbers are checked, the unit 18917 is the plaster above the niche in the wall.

The earliest sublayer is thick ca. 0,01m, and the later approx. 24 layers are 0,01m all together. The later layers are all very regular and similar, suggesting that the replastering was done in a regular pattern. Perhaps it is from the same occasion, perahps it is one base layer and later replasterings. In the lower end, the first plaster layer is thicker (0,015m) and protruding/offset. Perhaps It covered something protruding from the horizontal niche, such as a beam. There the replastering layers are thinner too, 0,005m thick in total. Measurements are hard to make as it is irregular and the plaster is fractured. Roughly, the offset is 0,012m out of the wall, 0,02m further down and inclining 45 degrees with a convex inside. The same but mirrored could be seen below the niche in 18916 plaster. 

Recognition: white plaster(chalk) in approx. 25 layers 

Definition: on brick wall. Easy to see boundaries, sticks to wall 

Execution: carefully removed with trowel few layers at a time 

Condition: dry, well preserved 

Consistency: in a few spots on the surface, loose. Otherwise soft 

Colour: ligh grey/white. Mainly homogenous 

Texture: chalk, 50% or slightly less + fixation layer (white/grey) 

Bedding: layered (chalk/fixation/chalk...) 

Inclusions: less than 2% sand, single grains, diameter .0005m 

Post-depositional Features: bee hive on opposite (southern facing) wall. Some holes in plaster 

Basal Boundary: rather abrupt, on a wavy brick surface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12891, 12892 equal to: (Click to view the record) 18916 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 15 

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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