.bk J03
.fl Q817vE.j
.fd daily journal of J03 East.
.fn Edited by jW on R917 and eI on R815
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.rd Q817
.ed Q817
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-dy The new locus k107 was opened to the north of k106 and to the east of k2. We removed the top soil f539 in the southern part of k107. The northern part of k107 had already been excavated by the German team from Tuebingen as B6. Feature f540 was the natural accumulation under the top soil. At the bottom of this deposit we found the naturally compacted floor f547 with on top of it the half circle of stones f544 and the small area of grey deposit f546. In k2 we excavated the natural deposit f557 (by accident recorded as f535) south of f532. Feature f543 is a large boulder in k2 that must have been dislocated from f532. In k106 we continued to excavate the natural accumulation f537. Feature f537 was closed and replaced by f540. Feature f540 was in turn closed when we noted that the southern half of f540 had become harder (f541) and the northern half softer (f542).

k 2 
dy We continued to excavate the deposit that lie south of f532 and cover it. By accident this area was assigned f535 today, but f535 was the deposit to the north of f532. Therefore the q-lot q526 was reassigned to f557. We further uncovered the very large boulder f543 and relayed it.

f 557
;df ad
ds Feature f557 is the natural deposit that lies to the south of and covers f532. The q-lot q526 that belonged to f557 had by accident been assigned to f535.

q 526
dy This q-lot was assigned by accident to f535 but it actually belongs to f557.

f 543
;df st
ds Feature f543 is a large boulder that probably had become dislodged from f532. 

k 107
dy Locus k107 was opened today. The northern part of k107 has already been excavated by the German team from Tuebingen University as B6. We removed the top soil f539 in the southern part of k107. We then excavated the underlying natural accumulation f540 until we reached the naturally compacted floor f547. On top of f547 were lying the stone half circle f544 and the small grey deposit f546.

f 539
;df ts
ds Feature f539 is the remnant of the top soil of k107 that results from the mis-alignment of the grids for the older German excavation and the current excavations.  It is a wedge of soil south of the previously excavated German trench B6 with its wider part on the east. It covers the natural accumulation f540.
tc co f540

f 540
;df ad
ds Feature f540 is the natural accumulation that lies under the top soil f539 in the southern part of k107.
tc co f544
tc co f546

f 544
;df st-in
dy At the bottom of f540 we found some large pebbles that were aligned in a semi-circle that extended from the southern section. These stones define f544 which lies on top of the naturally compacted floor f547. To the north of f544 was lying a small grey (ashy?) deposit f546 that contained a lot of small sherds.
ds Feature f544 consists of several large pebbles that form a semi-circle that extends from the southern section. It is possible that the other half of the circle is lying in the baulk. It could be a small, ad hoc, fire-place although no large amounts of ashes (f546) were found nor did the stones show any obvious signs of having been heated. Feature f546 lies to the north of f544. Feature f544 rests on the naturally compacted floor f547.
tc re f547

f 545
;df trench
ds Feature f545 is one of the trenches, B6, that was excavated by the German team of archaeologists from the University of Tuebingen who excavated on Tell Mozan for several years. The loci of J3 were not laid out along the same grid as the B6 trenches and therefore this trench runs obliquely through our J3 loci k2 and k107. Feature f545 cut through what should have been the the North baulk of k2 and completely removed the North baulk of k107. View v514 is a photo taken by the Germans after they finished their excavation in this trench. View v501 is the state of the trench at the start of this season and View v504 was taken after the trench had been cleaned a little bit and we had set back its Southern section a little bit in order to make it intelligible.

k 106
dy We continued to excavate the naturally accumulated deposits f537 in k106. This feature was closed after several pick runs because the Northern half of the locus had become softer, f541, and the Southern half had become harder, f542.

f 538
dy This feature was accidently skipped.

f 541
;df ad
dy Excavation of f541 was started today after we had removed the overlying deposit of f537.
ds Feature f541 lies under the natural accumulation f537 and possibly cuts the harder natural accumulation f542 in k106. It is a very slightly reddish light brown deposit. It is very similar to f542 except that it is much softer.
tc cu f542

f 542
;df ad
dy Excavation of f542 was started today after we had removed the overlying deposit of f537.
ds Feature f542 lies under the natural accumulation f537 and is possibly cut by the harder natural accumulation f541. It is a very slightly reddish light brown deposit. It is very similar to f541 except that it is much softer.