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.fd daily journal N803
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-dy meeting with gb, fab, jo, jw, ms to discuss the overall layout of the area and what we have after recent excavations. We have uncovered a stone/sherd pavement, f467 in k13, which seems to be at the same level as the street and the other stone/sherd pavement, f208. There is red bricky material seen in section in the baulk which is very similar to the melted red brick feature n of the baulk in k2, f476. The new stone pavement may represent ph3. We do not seem to have any ph4 in this area. The red brick material in section of a30, the kiln, may be a wall or not. There are alrge stones at the ne corner of k3 which go into the baulk. These may be froundation ston for a wall. They seem to be in line also with possible wall, f471 in k13. Ph4 is well documented in k15.

-sg based on meeting with gb, fab, jo, jw, ms, we will remove the red bricky areas throughout k13 as some of this may be kiln transition. We will then scrape well the area and see if anything comes to light.

k 15
dy continued removing f470 which is the gray area at the end s end of k13. This is the cut that fab noticed on N802. We found a sherd layer and this is a continuation of f459 which is the sherd layer we found in the trench. It extends well west into k13. We excavated this slowly; will photograph and remove in morning. Took v205 of this area.

k 13
dy have almost finished removing f442 the brown accumulation under the kiln waste, but there are still some pockets left. We will finish removing these tomorrow. We identifed f468 which is a brown accumulation under f442. Under this is f469, a more reddish accumulation. We have decided to remove all of f442, the reddish brown accumulation that is still existing. We will also remove f462 which is a red bricky material, possibly bricks, but these are only about one course thick and may be kiln related. We are looking more closely at f471 which is the red bricky feature running ew along the n baulk of k13. This may be melted brick or the top of a wall because it seems to be in line with large stones which may be foundation stones.

k 2
dy began cleaning this area and looking at the red bricky material here, f476. We had a pit in this area and cleaned out the fill, f473. We also started removing some of the brown accumulation, f474, which is on top of the red bricky material, f476.

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f 384
ns In the reassessment of the ceramics of this feature on N802 we have come to the same conclusion as previously. There were four pottery q-lots from this feature. Here are some more details: q779 contained one sherd with a bitumen painted design (Phase 4), sherds from a radially burnished bowl (Phase 3), one rim of a Habur painted jar, and 4 Habur body sherds, q795 has no Habur sherds, q796 one sherd from the same radially burnished jar, one medium size rim from a Habur painted jar and one Habur body sherd, q797 two Habur body sherds. The complete analysis of the body sherds and shape sherds from this feature will be found in the A15 TP files.

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f 407
ns based on my analysis of q773, q777, q818, and q844 I conclude that this feature is dated to Phase 4. This is based on the presence of the following chronologically distinctive types: rounded carinated bowl with a slightly beaded rim (bcr1), bowl with exterior carination but rounded interior (bcs3), collared rim jar (jo-14). Decoration types include jars with "wheat" type decoration at the base of the neck, parallel and straight wavy incised lines on the upper part of jar shoulders, jars with ribbing on the neck.

f 384
ns The sherds from this feature are mixed chronologically with Phases 3,4,5 present. Phase 5 sherds are Khabur painted (several sherds). Phase 4 is indicated by one sherd with a clear bitumen painted design. Phase 3 is represented by a radial burnished bowl. I noticed sherds sherds which were part of the same vessels in the lots; we will check for whole vessels in the sherd yard.