Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Floor/Surface
Context rating	Primary
General remarks	This is the ashy surface or pit found in the SW sounding. It is hard to describe it since it is found within less than half of the sounding.
Strat below	5230
Strat within	5230
Strat remarks	This locus is at the depth of where L.5230 ends.
Top depth center	584.01
Bottom depth center	583.98
Dimension length	1.0
Dimension width	1.0
Start date	2005-06-06
End date	2005-06-07
Color	7.5YR/2.5/1 Black
Tentative Date	Ubaid
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.