.bk A16
.fl M917AP.J
.fd N304LR2.J***M917AP.J

.rd M918

.ri aP

a 20
C01 Yesterday while digging the fill of the presumed pot smash i114 and i115, we found that is was another burial labeled as a20. The pot smash belongs to a single jar as we can argue from the ware and from the thickness. Inside the jar we discovered a human body, belonging to a baby, of female sex (presence of earrings). The position is not fetal, the legs are open and the arms go down along the hips so it seems that the baby is sleeping. On the right and on the left ear lie small ring shaped bronze earrings. The bones, except for the skull are in a good state of preservation (we also found the metacarpals/fingers). Below the left foot, attached to the jar, are small salt crystals. The funerary set consisted of a pair of bronze earrings i124 and i137. No jars or bowls were found except for the jar in which the body was deposed i114. This burial may be associated with another burial that is emerging below this burial.

.rd M917

f 290
C03 There are two possible explanations: it could be connected with the drain, which seems to flow not far or it could be a rodent hole. It's difficult that it could be in relation with the drain because the duct goes down toward north/east and doesn't go up joining with the drain. A link with the drain is suggested by the presence of laminations close to the hole. It seems however strange that it's a rodent hole because the circumference is very clear. We took the relay and a sample to study the soil.

.ri lR
C03 This circular hole in the Northeast corner of f216 could be a number of things such as the remains of wood that had disintegrated over the years and left a circular hole in its place, a rodent hole, or an outlet/inlet of some sort associated with the baked bricks on top. The rodent hole appears cut into the reddish packing material f339 a very pure clay. It seems odd to have water associated with this hole unless it was plastered with bitumen, which does not seem to be the case. The reddish clay f339 when wet turns into a plastic clay, which one assumes if water was passing through the hole, would eventually collapse or dissolve away. Possibly a tubing material was set in place and was later removed by the people who cut pit f216. This hole is at the level of the cobbles f338 which can be associated with water. This hole may simply just be a hole created by a small animal in which some water funneled through smoothing out the circumference of the hole to appear man-made. The situation will be further investigated next season when we excavate the pit further.

.ri aP

i 84
C04 The skeleton was carefully excavated with the dental pick to avoid damage to the bones, which already showed shattering, and damage particularly at the ribs. The skull suffered the most, probably damages during last years excavation or more likely, the large Khabur pit cut a17 or a13. After articulating each bone, it was finally removed once photography and drafting had taken place, wrapped in linen and put in a cardboard box.

i 84
C01 Today we removed the skeleton from f182 in k108; excavated by Miser and ap. Yesterday it was drawn and photographed with the jar i84 in place, today it was photographed without it.

.rd M918

i 123
B11 Inside the jar we discovered a human body, belonging to a baby, of female sex (presence of earrings). The position is not fetal, the legs are open and the arms go down along the hips so it seems that the baby is sleeping. On the right and on the left ear lie small ring shaped bronze earrings. The bones, except for the skull are in a good state of preservation (we also found the fingers/fingers). Below the left foot, attached to the jar, are small salt crystals. The funerary set consisted of a pair of bronze earrings i124 and i134. No jars or bowls were found except for the jar in which the body was deposed i114. This burial may be associated with another burial that is emerging below this burial.