.bk J03 .fl W908jW2.j .fd strata assignments and rationale for J3 East features .fn f550 thru f599 .ri jW .rd W908 .ed W908 .ei jW list2 f I4 I10 I11 I12 550 s80-J3B Highest post-Mittani accumulation above the east half of the second apron, f556. The ceramics have not yet been analyzed. Some of the items are ubiquitous, but there are two animal figurines and a zoomorphic representation of the side of a fish, all of which indicate that occupation deposits must be adjacent. Since none were found above, we conclude that this layer was deposited at or soon after abandonment. 551 s80-J3B Displaced stone that sits in immediate post-Mittani accumulation f557. 552 s122a-J3B Natural late Mittani accumulation covered by accumulation f542. Pottery and bones were found within this feature, although the ceramics have not been analyzed. A chisel-like bronze item was also recovered. It has the same top elevation as floor f568, The bronze tool may indicate active use of the area during this period. 553 s120b-J3B Natural late Mittani accumulation covered by accumulation 550. Pottery and bones were found within this feature but not analyzed. The few items were ubiquitous. The excavator noted that this accumulation was a continuation of f550 above it. However the lower top and bottom elevations indicate that f553 was deposited earlier. 554 s50-J3B Displaced stone that sits in post-Mittani abandonment accumulation f537. 555 s80-J3B Cluster of five displaced stones that sit in accumulation f541. 556 s148a-J3B Middle Mittani stone apron built on accumulation atop the EDIII glacis that was an extension to the west of stone apron J2f132. Analysis of ceramics from accumulation which under-laid the apron indicated a mix of Late Chalcolithic and Mittani sherds, with the final opinion that the deposit was Mittani. As we wanted to preserve the second apron at this point we did not remove its stones to examine the underlying bricks and accumulations, which would have yielded a more positive date. However since the section of f570 at the southern edge was carefully excavated and examined in detail, we are relatively confident of the middle Mittani date. 557 s80-J3B Natural accumulation beneath accumulation f533 and atop stone apron f532. The ceramics have not yet been analyzed. Kiln waste, the only item gives no clue as to the dating of this feature. 558 s30-J3B Natural accumulation beneath topsoil f523. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed and the obsidian fragment recovered is ubiquitous.. 559 s00-J3B Undifferentiated soil removed from an old baulk that was part of a previous excavation. 560 s00-J3B Undifferentiated soil removed from an old baulk that was part of a previous excavation. 561 s60-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f548, a period of unorganized occupation. 562 s60-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f548, a period of unorganized occupation. 563 s80-J3B Displaced stone that sits in immediate post-Mittani accumulation f557. 564 s80-J3B Displaced stone that sits in immediate post-Mittani accumulation f557. 565 s80-J3B Natural accumulation beneath accumulation f558 and atop natural floor f566. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed. A chisel-like bronze item was recovered. The bronze tool is indicative of either small-scale occupational activity after this area was generally abandoned or a lost heirloom. A similar tool was found in the somewhat earlier stratum, f552 in s122a-J3B. 566 s120a-J3B Naturally deposited floor beneath accumulations f553,f557,f565, It covers apron f532, and overlies accumulation f534. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed. 567 s120b-J3B Displaced stone that sits in compacted floor/accumulation f534. 568 s122a-J3B Compacted floor accumulation beneath accumulation f553. It overlays the stones of f591 and abuts apron f556. It also covers accumulation f570. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed and the only item recovered is ubiquitous. This accumulation is an important marker in that it covers the added capstones to the revetment wall f591, f593. However, since it abuts the second apron, f556, it illustrates that the apron was kept clean from the period of its construction until after even the modified revetment wall could no longer be seen. 569 s650d-J3B Revetment wall component to the temple mound securely dated by excavations of it in J1 and J5 to the Early Dynastic III period. 570 s160c-J3B Natural accumulation beneath floor f568 in a gap between the stones of the second apron and the revetment wall. Ceramics were determined to be mixed from the Late Chalcolithic and Mittani periods, yielding an opinion that this deposit occurred in the Mittani period. One issue is whether this accumulation was sufficiently sealed from intrusions above. Starting from the tell surface there were 170 cm of accumulation above this accumulation. Each of the 6 layers was carefully excavated and cleaned before the excavation of the next began. Contamination from above is therefore unlikely. 571 s122a-J3B Natural accumulation beneath natural floor f534 and covering both natural accumulation f572 south of the revetment wall f569 and the baqaya glacis f594 north of the revetment wall. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed. Items include fragments of figurines and a bead, indicating active occupation but generic as to typology. 572 s122b-J3B Natural accumulation beneath accumulation f571 and atop natural accumulation f578. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed. With the exception of the head of an animal figurine (typologically generic) often found in Mittani and earlier occupation levels, the items are ubiquitous. 573 s122c-J3B Natural accumulation beneath accumulation f552, atop natural accumulation f577, and abutting revetment wall addition, f591. Ceramics have not been fully analyzed. 574 s120b-J3B Displaced stone that sits in very late Mittani accumulation f534. 575 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f576. Accumulation f576 was the next to lowest level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 576 s122c-J3B Natural accumulation beneath the late Mittani accumulation f572 and atop late Mittani accumulations f577 and f578. No ceramics were recovered from this feature. 577 s122d-J3B Natural accumulation beneath the late Mittani accumulations f573 and f576 to the south of and below revetment wall, f569. Neither the ceramics nor the sole item have been fully analyzed. This feature is equivalent to accumulation f578 excavated in the locus immediately to the west, This also marks the lowest level of accumulation excavated in season 2006-Q in the east half of J3. 578 s122d-J3B Natural accumulation beneath the late Mittani accumulation f576 to the south of and below revetment wall, f569. There were no ceramics or items recovered from this feature. This feature is equivalent to accumulation f577 excavated in the locus immediately to the east. This also marks the lowest level of accumulation excavated in season 2006-Q in the east half of J3. 579 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f576. Accumulation f576 was the next to lowest level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 580 s148a-J3B Apparently displaced stone that rests against the added capstones, f591, to revetment wall, f569. This stone abutted, but was not bonded to the middle Mittani capstones added to the revetment wall. The excavator opined that this stone was probably a part of the nearby apron f556 at one time and was dislodged. ;580 s122c-J3B Apparently displaced stone that rests against the added capstones, f591, to revetment wall, f569. This stone abutted, but was not bonded to the late Mittani capstones added to the revetment wall. The best estimate of the time of deposition is near that of the capstones. 581 s650a-J3B Small section of the baqaya glacis that abuts and protects the top of the EDIII revetment wall, f569. The glacis would have been constructed immediately after the revetment wall was built. 582 s180-J3B Several mudbricks which either top or are imbedded in the baqaya glacis, f581, to revetment wall, f569. Because this part of the glacis is quite small and was not removed to sample its constituents, the stratum assigned is an estimate. The only thing we really know is that the EDIII baqaya surface was maintained and kept clean for many centuries after it was built. So, the stratum for the mudbricks must fall between s650a (glacis) and the s160 (overlying accumulation, f570). 583 s148b-J3B A layer of mudbricks atop Mittani accumulation f570 and upon which the stones of the second apron, f556 rest. This layer of bricks forms the foundation for the stones of the second apron, f556 and f532. 584 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 585 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f576. Accumulation f576 was the next to lowest level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 586 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 587 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 588 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 589 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 590 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f577 to the south of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Accumulation f577 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 591 s148b-J3B Capstones laid on soil atop EDIII revetment wall f569. These stones were not removed so the soil foundation could be dated. However, since they were surrounded and topped by late Mittani accumulations, they probably can be dated to the middle Mittani period. The excavator, vVE believed that the f532 and f556 aprons must have been built as part of the shift of the temple monumental entrance to the west, done in phase h7m-J3B. By studying the east section of k107, he determined that these capstones were added just before the f556 apron was built. ;591 s122c-J3B Capstones laid on soil atop EDIII revetment wall f569. These stones were not removed so the soil foundation could be dated. However, since they were surrounded and topped by late Mittani accumulations, they can be dated to this period with relative certainty. More generally they fit an overall pattern of attempts to preserve the sacral nature of the area around the EDIII revetment wall despite rising levels of natural accumulations to the south of it, which indeed somewhat later covered the entire complex. 592 s0-J3B Undifferentiated soil from somewhere near the surface of k107. 593 s122d-J3B Displaced stone that sits in accumulation f578. Accumulation f578 was the lowest level excavated in these loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 594 s650a-J3B Small section of baqaya discovered in a test probe sunk along the north edge of the top of the EDIII revetment wall f569. Although this surface was covered by late Mittani accumulation f571, we date it to the EDIII period because it both abuts the revetment wall and is only found as part of the EDIII glacis associated with the revetment wall. 595 s00-J3B Undifferentiated soil removed from an area to the south of the revetment wall f569. 596 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f538 to the south of and approximately 50cm below the top of the EDIII revetment wall, f569. Accumulation f576 was the penultimate level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 597 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f538 to the south of and approximately 50cm below the top of the EDIII revetment wall, f569. Accumulation f576 was the penultimate level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 598 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f538 to the south of and approximately 50cm below the top of the EDIII revetment wall, f569. Accumulation f576 was the penultimate level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. 599 s122c-J3B Displaced stone that sits in late Mittani accumulation f538 to the south of and approximately 50cm below the top of the EDIII revetment wall, f569. Accumulation f576 was the penultimate level excavated in this loci. It has been securely dated to the late Mittani occupation period. endlist