.bk A10 .fl H716lkad.j .fd H716 .ei lka .ed H716 .ri fab .rd H715 f 112 ds chawal line in old excavation; links up with f29 in k10 baulk f 113 ds chawal line in old excavation; continues South of f112, which perhaps indicates a room to the south. Just a short piece south of f29, only a stone is visible. f 114 ds chawal line closing bathroom .ri H714 .ri lka q 146.4 df po ds half a body, rim and base. Appears to be painted on outside in an uneven line around the body. Chunks of clay still adhere to parts of the rim; tinges of color on inside as well. ht 7 nm w1,w2, and w3 are projections only w1 8 w2 10 w3 4 c# 10R6/6 @ paint on body c# 10R7/2 @ ware background color c# 10R7/4 @ inside paint q 115.2 df bo ds fine ware, chaff not visible. Mostly intact. No lip to rim -- body curves up evenly to rim. No incisions, base slightly rounded. ht 5.5 w1 10 w2 10 w3 5 c# 10YR8/3 q 115.1 df ca ds RAH suggests this may be a table (presentation table or altar?). Flat, worked surface with a rounded edge; evidence of finger impressions. Symmetrically rounded. Indications of a leg or base which has broken off. Does not appear to be fired (or only slightly fired). One hole made on side where intact leg is. ht 5 nm ht is from leg to "table top." lg 8 w2 8 .ri fab .rd H715 q 222-b nr these may be associated with possible burial f119. f 119 ds this may be part of a burial f 109 =l A6f346 ds corresponds to A6 grey layer above a red layer. f 123 ds trash pit below a5. nr excavations continued into baulk on H714. a 8 ds i64 is a pot inside of which pot i68 rests. Item 64's neck faces West, while i65 faces SE. .ri lka f 124 ar It is possible that this person was crushed by rocks f119 because the knees were wedged into f119 while the head was twisted to the west. Certainly this does not suggest that the person was alive when this happened; simply that the rocks came down somehow on the burial site and crushed the corpse. However, there were no special items which accompanied the burial; the person was perhaps not held in particular favor by his fellows. .ri fab f 119 lc one of the components is q 230.1, a mortar?, associated with a8. .rd H712 --i H710 ended another week of excavations in A10, with a stratigraphic summary of the AK building with the rest of the staff. The lack of the doorway in k11 and the puzzle of f29 were the main points discussed. K8 and k9 are the only areas left in the scattered occupation phase, and in k11 we have reached a level just inside the AK wall where we will stop for now. Our goal for next week includes removing k8 and k9 scattered occupation layers and removing the baulks between k11 and k5, and k5 and k4. .rd H714 v 25 ds this view shows a7 in the north of k8. This photo was taken about halfway through excavation the burial, and shows the relationship between the stones that covered the knees of the body and the pelvis. The step from the foreground to the aggregate is the result of an attempt to find a cut for the burial, which we did not find. k 12 ds this locus is being opened because we would like to understand as per our "third priority" (see -sg H716) the end -- or doorway -- of the wall in the east end of k11. It is such a small extension of k8 because the wall is very deep at this point, and we feel we need only a small piece to verify or falsify our hypothesis that there is a doorway here. If we find rabbitting and no wall going N-S to close the building, then it is a doorway. If we find a N-S wall bonded with the E-W one in k11, then this corner is probably the Eastern extension of the building. .rd H715 a 7 ds this burial is quite strange with regard to the construction and the body within. The bones belonged to a person of enormous proportions; the stones associated with the burial align N-S whereas the body is aligned E-W -- again, these stones may not be intentionally placed with this burial. .rd H716 a 8 ar GB looked at this today and suggested that i64 might not be complete since similar burials in A2 were merely sherds over a body. However, he also said that the dirt contained within seemed enclosed inside the pot, making this burial complete. f 121 ph no photo was taken for this feature, because the relays seemed sufficient and the feature is halfway in the baulk. f 127 =l A6f424 ds This wall intersects f128, the old A8 wall. It is possible that f128 does not continue south of this intersection. This would change our understanding of this sector, and A10's role in it, since A10 was projected to complete this wall to the south of A6. f 128 =l A6f210 ds This is the A8 wall running N-S. A10 was designed in order to uncover the intersection between this wall and the AK south wall, f112. i 67 nr I decided to make this an item because it seemed to have an intentionally broken rim. .ri lka f 29 ar AJM was consulted regarding the curious section continuing f29, etc., and made the following observation: namely, that the presence of the distinct, clearly defined accumulation on either side of the bricky cut strongly implies the continued existence of the AK wall. That being the case, AJM thought that the ill-definition of the wall faces can be simply accounted for by the notion that the wadi may have shifted and swirled the bricks -- even to the extent that it only appears that the bricks cut the pit. .ri fab sg We plan to continue cutting this section back in 30 cm increments, documenting each slice with photos as we go. .ri lka k 8 sg we are digging this locus quickly because it is not an enclosed area, and is relatively featureless, in the most literal sense of the word. k 9 sg This, like k8, is being dug quickly but not without due regard for the fascinating features of the scattered occupation phase. .ri fab v 26 ph this was taken without the 2 pots or the body inside the larger burial pot because yesterday the guests helped dig them and their exact location was lost. a 8 ds The larger of the two inner pots was to the north inside the big jar, and the small one was in the center. The mouth of the burial jar pointed west. a 22 ds This room is now being dug; it consists of the accumulation running from the west in k4 (f91) (from between the doorjamb up to the boundary of k5), and the linked accumulations in k5 -- f94 -- which continues east until the small doorjamb and is bordered on the south by the wall f22 and to the north by the wall f45 and its doorway. -pr GB suggested we make all the rooms aggregates for easy distinction among them. a 24 nf This room functioned either as an ablution chamber/bathroom or as a cool storage area, depending on how we determine the function of f111 (well/icebox). a 20 nf this may be a room or some sort of area outside the AK building. One clue as to the identity of this area is the fact of the room accum seen in the south part of the section in k10; however, according to the section the f33-34 floor does not continue into a20. On the other hand, lka thinks it may be misleading to use the section of k10 to anticipate a20, because of the interceding N-S wall f104. a 25 nr most of this room was removed by A6 last year, MZ9. f 94 ds this feature is high floor accumulation within room a22. So far we have found a conical cup base and several seal impressions, one of which is inscribed, saying, as far as gb and mkb can make out, "Tup-." .ri lka -sg Yesterday gb helped us marshall our various desires concerning the excavation of A10 for the rest of the season. He believes that three goals are now within our reach. First, the removal of the baulks between k4 and k5, k5 and k8, and k5, k8, and k9. Toward this end, we have already drawn sections of the first two and removed the one between k4 and k5. Second, we should be able to dig down in a22 quite a good ways, since the room is fairly small. Third, it would be most desirable to see whether visible portions of the E-W running wall in k11 has stopped because of a jog, a door, or a corner. BWP has laid out the dimensions of the extension of k8, and we hope to start digging it as soon as possible.