Unit 4996

Category: cut    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: cut for robbed obsidian hoard 

Data Category Information: Description: scoop

Dimensions: 0.21m (E-W), 0.26m (N-S), 0.04m deep 

Discussion: 4996 was a small, circular cut through the floor surface 5090 in the south east corner of space 178/ building 23 which was filled with an organic rich deposit 4995. It was distinctive in the neatness of its edges and carefully levelled base but is difficult to interpret beyond this. (See 4995 for some interpretative suggestions). 

Shape: roughly circular 

Sides: almost vertical on all sides 

Base Break: curves slightly, but almost 90 degree base break of slope 

Base: smooth and level 

Orientation: no clear orientation 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5090 below: (Click to view the record) 4995 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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