Unit 31369

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: mudbrick wall 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: This is a mudbrick wall running E-W, located in S part of Trench 4. It is the same wall as 8258 (they were recorded under different numbers as the wall was cut by an Islamic grave (F. 7373). Only upper part of the wall was excavated, as it assumed that its upper part, made of gray and orange bricks, was a later wall placed directly on the top of an earlier one, made exclusıvely of orange bricks. However, it seems that this was ın fact one wall. Its lower part will be excavated in 2016.
The wall was characterized by the fact, that the bricks of different shape and size were placed in a different arrangement, some burnt bricks were also recorded. The wall was truncated by a Hellenistic pit (F.7368).
In 2015 season the following courses of bricks were removed:
As seen from the top, in the beginning it was hard to discern particular bricks, as the wall was badly truncated by later pit (F.7368). Only after the bottom of the pit was reached, the layout of the individual layers became more clear.
3rd course:
Double row of bricks:
From the west: N row (gray bricks):1(70x36x8 cm),2 (56x25x8 cm), 3(43x30x8 cm).
S row (orange and gray bricks):1(30x26x9 cm), 2(36x26x8 cm),3 (30x36x8 cm), 4 (30x20x5 cm).
4rth course:
From the West three rows of bricks (northernmost:1. 40x48x8 cm; 2: 32x28x8 cm; southermost 3:46x22x6 cm, and then one row of a large bricks oriented N-S: (70x35x8 cm and 70x46x8 cm), and then fragment of truncated brick (30x34x7 cm).
5th course
From the West:
16x20x5 cm; 66x40x10 cm; then three bricks in a row(N-89x40x10 cm, central-60x22x10 cm, S-20x20x10 cm), then double row (N-54x37x10 cm; S - 33x30x10 cm).
6th course:
From the East: 1 (65x15x10 cm), 2 (60x38x8 cm), 3 (20x34x6 cm), 4 (60x25x8 cm), 5 (60x35x9 cm), 6 (30x25x8 cm), 7 (56x34x8 cm), 8 (20x25x4 cm). 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: gray/orange 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: - 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 30489 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 587 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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  

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