.bk A16 .fl W322lC.j .fd Plot Log .rd W322 .ri lC .ed W322 .ei lC p 1 ds Plot showing regular loci used at the beginning of A16 excavation in 2001 gk 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 p 2 ds Plot showing special loci used during 2001 excavation, created to better exploit the excavated context. gk 102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109 ga 3,6 p 3 ds Plot showing special loci used during 2002 excavation in lower A16. gk 201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210 O99 Uncertain the identification of k208 and k209. On the bases of v89 k208 seems to be the northern one and k209 the southern one. Other records (relays for example) seem showing the opposite and I decided to follow v89 and some unpublished working sketches. p 4 ds Plot showing structures of Khabur period, phase h5b and h5c. a1, a6, a9 are burials, while a2, a3, a10 and a11 seem to be rooms. a8 is interpretes as an open space. a2 is the oldest structure between those rapresented in this plot. gk 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ga 1,2,3,6,8,9,10,11 p 5 ds Plot showing the location of burial a15 with the items gk 110 ga 15 gi 68,69,70,71 p 6 ds Plot showing the location of burial a16 with the items. It is interesting to see how the items were found at the two ends of the burial, so near the head and the feet of the body. ga 16 gk 110 gi 54,55,56,57,58,59,61,62,63,64,65 p 7 ds Plot showing the location of burial a19 with the items gk 110 ga 19 gi 96,97,98,101 p 8 ds Plot showing location burial a21 with item, and location of a20 child pot burial with the few items. ga 20,21 gk 205,206 gi 114,123,124,125,134,139,157,158,159 p 9 ds Plot showing location of all the burials found in lower A16, except for a a25 that was not relayed. Some of them were simply excavated in the reddish material a27, other also cut the stone pavement a12, lying below a27. gk 110,205,206,207 ga 15,16,19,20,21 gi 54,55,56,57,58,59,61,62,63,64,65,68,69,70,71,96,97,98,101,114,123,124,125,134,139,157,158,159 p 10 ds View showing all pits and burials found in lower A16, cutting reddish material a27 and in some cases even stone pavement a12. We found burials a15, a16, a19, a21; empty pits f299, f273, f272; storge/trash pits a22, f216 and f189. gk 108,202,203,204,205,206,207 ga 15,16,19,21,22 gf 189,216,272,273,299 p 11 ds plot showing the location where seals and seal impressions were found in A16. We can observe that the majority of the seaal impressions were found in lower A16 (k202-k207), specially in k203 and k205/k206. They are coming most of all from reddish material a27, linked to the collapse of Palace walls. gk 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,202,203,204,205,206,207 gi 5,17,43,44,53,89,90,91,92,99,100,105,108,109,112,113,117,118,119,126,131,24,35,87,135,136,165,170,172,174 p 12 ds Plot showing location of A16 excavation area in relationship with Akkadian Palace Ak and the Abi to the South. In the four western loci of A16 was uncovered the large stone courtyard belonging to the Palace. The 4 eastern A16 loci were not excavated yet to the same level, but supposedly they will show more structures belonging to the Palace. p 13 ds Plot showing the location where metal artifacts were found. In upper A16 just few metal objects were found, mainly in the large brickfall a4. In lower A16 it is interesting to see the objects were found in groups, of course because they are part of grave goods of some burials, for example a16, a19, a21. gi 3,10,25,29,33,36,38,41,56,57,64,66,67,70,72,73,76,88,93,94,101,103,104,106,107,110,111,120,124,127,128,133,137,142,158,159,160,173