Unit 22693

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: painted plaster on bench 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: white clay; Deposition: multiple; Basal Spit: painted

Discussion: This unit represents the top of the addition to bench F. 7966 put on and plastered to the west of the brick stabilizing post F. 7976. It was painted red, though interestingly the sides were not (unless it has been rubbed off or faded). It was excavated by leaf trowel, and below we identified makeup added to the bench as well as to the platform F. 7954 to the south. 

Consistency: compact but scrapeable 

Colour: white, painted red 

Texture: plaster 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: clear, came down on makeup 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22694, 31700 below: (Click to view the record) 22684 

Total Deposit Volume: 2 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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