.bk A16
.fl M924LR.J
.fd -MX12-99.J***M924LR.J

.rd M924

-DY Yesterday was the last day of full excavations and today we just have a few workmen to excavate the sections that were not finished yesterday. It took all day to remove the east and north sections in 10cm increments but did expose the entire stone courtyard today. The east section revealed a clay installation f328 a few cm above the stone pavement. This first appeared as a tannur but after cleaning the area it was found to have several holes in line inside this feature. It was cleaned and the conservator will consolidate it and remove it. We left a section to show it's relationship to the pavement and the matrix around it, photographed it then removed the section leaving f328 ontop of the pavement. The phase sequence of this installation is still in question and most likely falls into phase 4 similar to the tannur found ontop of the stone pavement in A13. The pit f250 continued to go down with the same black ashy fill as yesterday. It was completely excavated and reached 162 cm below the level of the stone pavement. Inside this pit is an interesting situation with a layer of baked bricks below and some that are vertically placed. The baked bricks are in line, orange in color, and appear to slope downward. The fill of the pit continued to yield a number of interesting items, pottery, and figurines. Taking relays was somewhat problematic since the relay rod is not that long and therefore a long thin wooden board was placed under the rod vertically then measured. It is unclear how accurate these measurements will be, regardless these items are located inside a pit and have no stratigraphic context except for being in a pit.

f 328
C01 The east section revealed a clay installation f328 a few cm above the stone pavement. This first appeared as a tannur but after cleaning the area it was found to have several holes in line inside this feature. It was cleaned and the conservator will consolidate it and remove it. We left a section to show it's relationship to the pavement and the matrix around it, photographed it then removed the section leaving f328 ontop of the pavement. The phase sequence of this installation is still in question and most likely falls into phase 4 similar to the tannur found ontop of the stone pavement in A13. The pit f250 continued to go down with the same black ashy fill as yesterday.
.bk A16
.fl M924LR.J
.fd N303LR.J***M924LR.J

.rd M924

-DY Yesterday was the last day of full excavations and today we just have a few workmen to excavate the sections that were not finished yesterday. It took all day to remove the east and north sections in 10cm increments but did expose the entire stone courtyard today. The east section revealed a clay installation f328 a few cm above the stone pavement. This first appeared as a tannur but after cleaning the area it was found to have several holes in line inside this feature. It was cleaned and the conservator will consolidate it and remove it. We left a section to show it's relationship to the pavement and the matrix around it, photographed it then removed the section leaving f328 on top of the pavement. The phase sequence of this installation is still in question and most likely falls into phase 4 similar to the tannur found on top of the stone pavement in A13. The pit f250 continued to go down with the same black ashy fill as yesterday. It was completely excavated and reached 162 cm below the level of the stone pavement. Inside this pit is an interesting situation with a layer of baked bricks below and some that are vertically placed. The baked bricks are in line, orange in color, and appear to slope downward. The fill of the pit continued to yield a number of interesting items, pottery, and figurines. Taking relays was somewhat problematic since the relay rod is not that long and therefore a long thin wooden board was placed under the rod vertically then measured. It is unclear how accurate these measurements will be, regardless these items are located inside a pit and have no stratigraphic context except for being in a pit.

f 250
C01 The pit f250 continued to go down with the same black ashy fill as yesterday. It was completely excavated keeping the section to the north and reached 162 cm below the level of the stone pavement. Inside this pit is an interesting situation with a layer of baked bricks that are in line, orange in color, and appear to slope downward. The fill of the pit continued to yield a number of interesting items, pottery, and figurines. Taking relays was somewhat problematic since the relay rod is not that long and therefore a long thin wooded board was placed under the rod vertically then measured. It is unclear how accurate these measurements will be, regardless these items are located inside a pit and have no contextual association.