| | Area: North | | | | Dug in Year: 2002 | | Feature Type: wall | | | | Location: along northern part of the W wall | | | | Grid X: 1052.88 Grid Y: 1188.35 | | | The wall was preserved 5 courses high, one brick wide. It was constructed on top of floor, abutting both west wall 622/636 (which has a plastered surface preserved in between 622 and 1000) and bin 786, which is built against wall 622/636 as well.
The wall was built with hard red crumbly clay bricks, measuring ca. 18 cm wide, 6 cm in height, the length varies, but about 80 cm seems to be most common. The mortar in between the bricks is ca. 2 cm thick, and consists of beige-gray greasy clay. The same was used to apply plaster coating on the top and the side surface of the wall, so that the preseved condition of the wall might be reflecting that of the past.
Wall 1000 is cut by pit 750. It is probably the same as wall 635, to the south (the two are separated by 750). This wall 635 is plastered with lime, whrere as 1000 is not, reflecting perhaps a different use of this part of the house.
The wall 1000 is probably to be interpreted as shoring wall to consolidate the western wall of building 3, 622/636, which is sagging inwards.
As the wall was entirely covered by mortar, on all exposed surface, it is probably that it is preserved to its actual height in antiquity.
N.B: Due to this mortar the extent drawings of the feature are not reliable with regard to brick structure of the wall and most reliable document for the regular structure of the wall is photo's 20020616_jpq_025/036 taken of the western fringe of the wall left standing while removing the wall.
Wall 1000 is probably similar to wall 635, given their location, height, etc. Wall 635 has lime plaster, and 1000 has not, but could relate to the use of space of the different parts of the house rather than an indicator of distinction between the wall per se.
Photo numbers:
20020612_jpq_027/035 - x1 bone tool in wall 1000
20020616_jpq_025/036 - western fringe, wall 1000 | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | abuts: (Click to view the record) 622, 786 | | cut by: (Click to view the record) 750 | | same as?: (Click to view the record) 635 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 | | 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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