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.fd Daily journal for T730; Feature descriptions
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-wk Twelve of thirteen workmen reported.  Sipan absent.  Anwar detailed to work with conservation project after breakfast.

-sf jN worked at home after breakfast on the site-wide item processing and storage system.  eA departed early to prepare lunch.

-sg After drawing the section of the north baulk of k105 we plan to excavate north to the bottom steps of the monumental staircase, f21.  First we will follow floor accumulation, f74 (here an exposed strip about 150 cm wide) to the north.  It covers not only the steps of stairs, f205, but also what appears to be a stone pavement north of the top step.  Adjacent to the west we will first excavate accumulation f218 which covers f74, then excavate f74 itself to expose more of the material (expected to be stone pavement) to the west of wall f41 as it continues north to f21.  In k106 the gigantic stone, f216, was broken up by sledge.  After removing it we will excavate floor f213, then, the accumulation below and to the south of stone installation, f188.

f 220
ds Ash in a pit-like depression formed in accumulation, f224.  Nearby were several pockets of ash and pieces of a tannur.  In the within two meters to the north we find grindstones and metal slag.  One possible explanation is that these were the remnants of a metal recycling facility.
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f 221
ds Wash soil in a channel cut into floor accumulation by flowing water into floor accumulation, f74, on the west edge of k105.  It corresponds to wash soil, f206 in another channel just to the east.  The same process cut the channels and deposited the sandy soil, but at different times.

f 222
ds Wash soil in a triangular-shaped water channel (apex north) cut into the harder accumulation, f218, above f74.  It is on the west side of the north extension of k105.  f218 was first seen in the section of the northeast baulk of k32.
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f 223
ds An ashy lens seen in section (northeast) in the south west quadrant of k105.  It is one of a number of soil features above floor accumulation f74 that have been formed by accretion and altered by  water flowing along the west and south faces of the revetment wall system.

f 224
ds A lens of brown soil under f223 seen in section (northeast) in the southwest quadrant of k105.  It is one of a number of soil features under escarpment, f74, that have been formed by accretion and altered by  water flowing along the west and south faces of the revetment wall system.

f 225
ds Two rows of large, roughly cut limestone blocks stones which abut stone installation, f188, in the east half of k106.  The rows descend to the south from stone installation, f188.  While the stones of f188 are dressed on the top and lie horizontally, the stones of f225 are not dressed and lie at an angle which form a slope.  gB suggested that the Akkadian work KESU best describes what function these stones and f188 performed.

f 226 
ds Floor accumulation covering stone installation, f225, in the south half of k106.  The soil is moist, reflecting a partial barrier to water penetration into f225.  The east half of the feature was sealed by Mittani floor f213.  The west half was sealed by a surface crust.  However, the west half was also in the path of a series of gullies which may have cut the surface of f226 and deposited some Mittani sherds.  A preliminary analysis of the ceramics in lot q325 shows a mix of phases, from ED2 to Mittani.  Her preliminary assessment dated this feature to ED3, indicating that the stone installation was at least that old.  One small piece of plastic was found near the north end of gigantic stone f216.  Our best explanation is that it was carried down from above by a burrowing animal.