.bk A6 .fl h622bsh.j .fd journal entry and logs .ei bsh .ed H622 .ri bsh .rd H621 -dy uncovered the outline of a cylindrical oven, part of which was the brown "bricklike" patch with sherds discovered on H618. The oven was labeled accordingly: f356; its fill: f357. The continued removal of f220 uncovered various pits; the accumulation containing the pits was given a new feature number (f358). f 356 ds walls of the oven are like baked brick in color and hardness. The oven is double-walled which, while uncommon in antiquity (GB), is a design common among contemporary natives to the region (Ibrahim). The top of the oven was found damaged, especially to the W. To this point, portions of the damaged were have been found in close proximity outside the oven itself 180 degrees from the NE to the SW, clockwise inclusive. ar the presence of an oven in the lower working area of A6 allows speculation that A6 contains the "kitchen" of building AK. The double wall suggests a design for strength, for the oven to be set directly on the floor surface as opposed to being set within the floor. .rd H622 .ri bsh -dy Continued the removal of f220, as well as emptying the contents of the oven (i.e., its fill: f357), portions of which were collected.. f 220 ds the Eastern part of the Northern quadrant of f220 was characterized by spotty deposits of harder material than that normally encountered in this area. There was minimal difference in color in these deposits. f 357 ds contained various sherds, bone, and a layer of ash at the bottom. A large piece of material matching the oven wall was found inside the oven. f 356 ds facing N, one can discern two damaged pieces of the wall at roughly five and seven o'clock which have a smooth curved edge. These two pieces are "touching" the oven wall itself. The removal of f357 uncovered a nicely preserved smooth inner surface and a circular hole within the oven wall approximately 30cm from the extent oven top at its Westernmost point, (i.e., directly across from f210). The dimensions of the oven are as follows: inner diameter: 68; thickness of double wall: 11.5; extent greatest depth (Easternmost point): 50; estimated depth (measured at, facing north, 7 o'clock; composed of extent depth here plus dislodged "top" piece touching wall): 45 + 12; distance from bottom of tannur to flue center: 21; flue diameter: 11.5 ar the fact that the two damaged pieces at 5 and 7 o'clock have smooth edges indicates that they are from the top of the oven and, furthermore, that the oven was open at the top (i.e., the oven is a cylinder hollow at the top). The hole in the oven wall seems to be too small to serve for ash removal; accordingly, it likely is a flue (such flues are to date still built within ovens by natives in the region, [GB/Ibrahim]). The discovery of the flue is most significant, for a plane tangent to the bottom of the flue marks the highest point possible for the location of the original floor surface. With this assumption, the location of the damaged pieces of the wall also becomes significant. The damaged pieces of the wall, or some of them, lie well above the flue and, accordingly, the original floor surface. This suggests one of three possibilities: 1) a layer of accumulation had formed before the oven was damaged, that is, the oven was damaged several years (centuries?) after its original disuse (this does not disqualify the possibility that the oven was again used at a later time); 2) damaged pieces of the wall are stacked is such a way as to render damaged pieces at this heigh (however, one would in this case expect the pieces from the top of the oven to lie on the bottom of such a stack); 3) there is some other structure near the oven that broke the fall of the damaged pieces that is yet to be excavated. Furthermore, the location of the flue (i.e., some 30cm below the accumulation f220) begs the following questions: "Does the depth of the flue coincide with the bottom of the bricks forming the room's Western threshold?"; and "What light does the discovery of this flue shed on the possible connection of this original floor surface with f113?" f 352 ds a pit with soft fill, presumably formed by disintegrated wood. A nearby pit lies parallel (f354), these two fall in line with the oven. q 731.1 df ca ds flat circular disc impressed on one side, broken, possible signs w1 3.7 w2 2.7 th 0.6 c# 10yr 7/3 q 860.1 ds stone P1 discard q 860.4 ds kiln waste P1 discard i 253 ds cl P1 discard .rd H619 .ri rK f 352 22 pit 353 22 fill 354 22 pit 355 22 ab .ri bsh .rd H621 356 22 ta 357 22 a .rd H622 358 22 aa i 255 220 22 861 sm soil sample from near tannur 256 220 22 861 sm soil sample from near tannur 257 220 22 861 fg 4 1.5 1.5 horse head 258 220 22 860 ca 1.5 1 1.5 possible cylinder seal 259 357 22 859 sm soil sample from inside tannur; 2 bags--a&b 260 220 22 860 ca 2.5 1.5 possible si 261 220 22 860 ca 2.5 1.5 3.0 possible si 262 357 22 sm ash from bottom of tannur 263 220 22 861 sm acc near tannur; 2 bags--a&b .rd H621 .ri rk q 855 pb 220 22 8358-111 13 mid-N&E of f142 856 i 353 22 .ri bsh 857 p 353 22 from "tannur" fill 857 b 357 22 from "tannur" fill 858 p 220 22 from outside "tannur" 858 b 220 22 from outside "tannur" .rd H622 859 p 357 22 inside "tannur" 859 b 357 22 inside "tannur" 860 p 220 22 8353-112 9 NW quadrant 860 b 220 22 8353-112 9 NW quadrant 860 i 220 22 8353-112 9 NW quadrant 861 p 220 22 8352-112 9 near "tannur" 861 b 220 22 8352-112 9 near "tannur" 862 p 220 22 NW quadrant