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.fd diary entries for H628 to H703
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.ed H703

.rd H628
.ri rK

f 334
dy Cutting around the bricky mass revealed the remains of a tannur (see v. 108). The tannur was labeled f335.  Fragments of the tannur wall were present in the base. Adjacent to it was something quite indistinguishable from a red brick. It was crumbly and crumbled like red brick like those on AK building walls. Its regular sides appear so  because of the cutting of the workman.

f 335
ds The tannur, f335, rested in a crumbly grey-black accumulation. 

k 22
dy We have observed the vagaries of the floor surface at and below the level of the threshold. The floor is not even.  There are several layers of it which proceed with intervening accumulation/deposits between them in a certain direction, and then all of a sudden merge. In places, the floor surface slopes down dramatically. A second rodent hole was also observed. To the Southern wall, in certain areas, the floor surface ended in a patch that had very uneven deposits & stone & sherd, but within 20 cm, a harder floor surface continued.

.rd H629
.ri rK

k 30
sg We will begin by removing the rest of the accumulation f332 which ends in a lower grey layer. Below that is accumulation f333, which also shall be removed throughout the locus. The tannur, f335 belongs to a floor associated with the grey layer, f332. Once the floor is leveled at the surface belonging to f333, we shall remove the S protective baulk.

k 30
dy The L-shaped area bordering the W & N is being leveled to the rest of the locus.

f 337
ds The ash layer between f332/333 is not a floor, but could have been a working surface because of f335, the tannur.  We are collecting sherds and bones from here as a separate layer. Visible in A8 N section as a layer of stones. The accumulation contained a great quantity of sherds. A few small stones at the S demand suggestion of a pit, but there is not the evidence of a pit. This could in fact be an outside floor.

k 30
dy The lowest level of the floor is 200cm below the sod.

-mk marker m1702 is loose & off.

f 337
tc ab f333
ds turned out to be a thicker section to the W than appeared in the E. There was more hard accumulation in f333 along the E.  We have not yet reached, although we are close, to the bottom levels of f333.
f 365
dy Tracing the floor toward the tannur and to the S led to a slope that inclined sharply to the N. When the surface was cleaned it revealed a red deposit between the two levels of f365 (see v. 118).

v 117
ds Shows the non-uniformity of the level of floor f365.

k 22
ar ash may have penetrated at various levels? floor builtup in places with red dirt following wearing off of the original?

f 373
ds This red deposit on the floor (see v117) is in fact a fill and not a floor accumulation. Excavation of this showed stones and not-flat sherds (vertical and other angles) between f364 and f365.

k 30
pr We are down to the bottom of f333/337 almost throughout the excavation area. The loose black deposit f337 is now being removed. I have instructed the workmen to remove the loose material and leave the hard accumulation, brick etc. at this level of the floor and then clean to observe what we have.

f 367
ds After f373 was removed, the floor f365 and the accumulation between it and f364 were removed. N of f373, the accum. has clearly turned to a floor deposit, ca. 6-10 cm thick. It was finer and harder packed than f373 and relatively free of stones.

k 22
dy The two pickmen working on the floor followed f364 to the N and E. An opening, perhaps to the tannur flue, was found at the level of f365. The flue, most likely is level with f364.

f 365
ar Based on the evidence of f373, we may conclude that the floor f364 had been used long enough to leave the depression that f373 occupied. This was filled prior to the refinishing of the floor f365, so that S of the depression, f364 and f365 merged.

f 333
nr This feature was originally defined for the E part of the locus and was a hard accum. After clearing f337, a hard accum. full of sherds remained to the N. This was also removed as f333.