.bk A6
.fl G703RK.J
.fd journal, partial, G703
.rd G703
.ri rK
.fn original file name G703RK--b, changed manually by lC on ZH228
-sg Our plan for today, the first day of excavations this season, is 3-part: in k168, two or 3 workmen shall be assigned to remove the floor deposits carefully using small picks; in k217, what remains of the human burial a11 (=f25) will be excavated so as to remove the unexcavated earth on top of wall f78; in k218, the object detected upon removal of backfill and dusting shall be retrieved and the terrace along the E border will be systematically removed to bring everything to the same level in the locus.

.ri jM
-dy k168: started with 3 workmen, Abdul-Kareem, Sultan, and Dara, from the Northern part of the floor (f101). We divided it into 3 parts N-S 50cm, E-W 70cm.  

.ri jO
-dy In k168 we assigned different q-lots for pottery to each section (i.e. for each workman), and one q-lot for all of them for bone and likewise for charcoal.
f 101
nr i31-45 seal impressions were found within f101 in k168.

-dy we extended our operation another 100 cm to the South with the same division between the workmen and same q-lots: q301-q303, q305, q306 and q310.  Our starting point was in line with the S wall, f123, about 10 cm in depth.

f 101
ds contains several lenses, underneath the top 1 cm of the accumulation. There was an approx. 50x50 cm area of ashy material along the Western border of the floor about 150-200 cm from the outside wall of the vault.  On the Eastern side of the floor there was reddish compacted material 1 cm below the level from which excavation began today.