; File processed on 2024-03-21 A15k1 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5602 A15w58 ZH614 jW k1.jpg B11 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk First square in N, numbers running N-S. The western extent of excavation. C1 2001-06-26_L629OKK.J okk After completing the pass at levelling we saw the top of wall f6 continuing to the south. After speaking to gb, we decided to stop excavating in this square until we have levelled k11 and are closer to the same elevation in k11 as in k1. C1 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk After having Achmad come over to work with us from A16 we were able to continue excavating in this square, looking for a floor surface. C1 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk Achmad worked in this area today. He began levelling from W to E and found a beaten earth floor about halfway across the square, extending over the eastern half of the square. C1 2001-06-28_L708okk.j okk Achmad worked in this area today. He began levelling from W to E and found a beaten earth floor about halfway across the square, extending over about the eastern half of the square. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk We decided to excavate the ac in the N baulk and into A16 as it is the northern part of a single room, a2. Hussein excavated about 10 cm until the wall face, leaving a few centimeters of ac in order to preserve the white plaster on the wall face. Faris then excavated near to the eastern wall f7, looking for a clear wall line and face. It now appears that the wall f7 may not be complete, but instead may have a break which could be a doorway. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j sb We started digging the N baulk and taking over in A16 to fully excavate the room we share. The accumulation in the room is still f5 as it was in k1 although it is much higher, stepping up towards the N wall of the room running E-W. The E-W wall in new f37=A16f18, the N-S wall(W)f6 =A16f19, and the N-S wall(E)f7 =A16f20. f18, f19, f20 = A16a3. We have taken relays from A16 for this part of the room. C1 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk While excavating in this corner Faris found a large complete quern which appears to be sitting on floor f21 as well as pot smashes of pieces of four vessels. These are: a bowl, a flare-necked jar, a medium storage type jar and another type of vessel, which were found right up against the wall f7. South of the quern in this area was found a small seal impression i28 which shows a seated figure next to a standing animal. In this case we gave all of the vessels item numbers, and triangulated them so that we would have a precise distribution. Today there there was also further excavation in f68, the accumulation on floor f71. f71 appears at this point not to continue northwards. C1 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk Today we excavated a small area in the E baulk of k1, where the end of wall f7 was particularly unclear. We cut back to the perceived line of the wall, but then saw that it did seem to continue further southwards. This wall continues to the line of the wadi bed, f40. It also has a single brick which forms a corner to the east. C1 2001-07-23_L727okk.j okk In k1 we are continuing to uncover the burial aggregate 5, the child burial as well as to continue to excavate in the pit f17. It isn't entirely clear what the eastern limit of f17 is, because there seems to be a floor that comes up near to it and there is still a question as to whether the pit goes underneath the floor or not. In k1 we will continue to excavate the burial, take pictures and remove it and continue to dig and look for the large pit which lies beneath us. We have also noticed today that the small burial, probably the child burial, appears to be in the fetal position, although the head seems to be rotated and the jaw is underneath the head. C1 2001-07-25_L729okk.j sb Today we are digging into the western part of square, into large pit f131. Also clearing and levelling the E part of k1, where we found burial f124 three days ago. Yesterday another burial was found, damaged, towards the N, and today another skull with a small pot just below the gully wash f82. So we have a grave. C1 2001-07-29_L818okk.j sb west half of k1 + 1m baulk from A13. Today we cleaned well for the photo the horizontal plan. C1 2001-07-30_L818okk.j sb Today we dug out the small piece of pebbled floor of 70x40, against the E section, f175, after taking a photo. We took a photo at 5:30 of the floor found yesterday under f147, new f147. This is a beaten earth floor with scattered, small pieces of stones and sherds. In A15v_ we see that and the floor next to it, f162, that has provided lots of pottery. This f162 was 15cm higher than f174, so after the photo it was dug out to see if the floor continues under it. While digging out f162 we found another level, just beaten earth, a well defined layer. We dug this out, just 10 cm (so f177 is P1) and found a large stone floor, seems same level as f174. There is a large decorated jar, with a small pot inside, its hollow with a break. It is sitting on a possible floor that is approximately 20 cm below the pebble floor, now all of f174. New feature lower floor, with this feature, f181. New floor for accumulation above that floor, and below the level of large pebble floor f180. This accumulation turned out to be accumulation within a burial, because the large jar is burial _. The cut of the burial is quite visible to the E of large jar. C1 2001-07-31_L823okk.j sb In k1 we dug a few cm of f161, the ac next to f174 (floor), and the same floor extends all the way north until the pit cut. We started removing the baulk between k1&k2, assigned it f186. We found a burial, the structure is f187. The fill is f188. Since it's difficult to take relays we only took i60, & i61, two small pots, and not the bones, under the two pots, and not a bronze. The burial is a21: f187, f188 fill in bu, i60, i61, i62 ma, i63 hb. C1 2001-08-02_L823okk.j sb Last day of excavation, we are concentrating all effort on finding the continuation of the wall running E-W of the A13 courtyard. We are digging in a space of 3x4 m. Found the threshold yesterday and some large stones this morning. The soil on top of this wall (f197), till the pit to the north is extremely clean, reddish brown, with no sherds, no bone, no charcoal. To the S of wall instead it's grey & red, with lots of ash pockets. Made a new f213. The door stones are f210, and the ash grey accumulation layer to the S of pit is f209. C1 2001-08-29_L829jlw2.j jlw began removing the fill, f365, from the pit whose cut is clearly seen in section above the plaza floor, f216. C1 2001-08-30_L830jlw.j jlw continued to excavate the fill, f365, from the pit in the far NE corner. There was a relatively large quantity of pottery from such a small volume of material. Reached reddish, crumbly material, f366, that looks like the material used elsewhere to level floors, and traces of baked brick, which we have seen below the extension of the plaza floor, f216, in parts of A16 to the northwest. C1 2001-09-01_L901jlw2.j jlw finished excavating the fill, f365, from the pit, a55, in the far NE corner. Cleaned and photographed. Inspected with gb, fab, and the Syrian representative, with particular emphasis on the material between the stones and the baked bricks that are just beginning to appear. It seems that they stopped digging the pit just after the stones were reached. The stones themselves were apparently removed at the time the pit was dug. C2 2001-06-26_L629OKK.J okk We will continue the first pass at levelling the square, and excavate f5, the accumulation in this locus which contains the vessel and lithic artifact (basalt weight). C2 2001-06-26_L708okk.j okk We will continue the first pass at levelling the square, and excavate f5, the accumulation in this locus which contains a large vessel and grinding stone. C2 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk continue levelling from W to E in accumulation f21. We are still looking for floor in this area. C2 2001-07-05_L706okk.j okk To continue excavating f54, the brickfall which is on top of walls f37 and f84. We will have Faris excavate a 1/2 m area from the western extent of the brickfall to the eastern extent. The goal is to clarify the N-S wall and E-W that are from A16k7 and k8 and are now in A15k100. They are both poorly preserved and so are not entirely clear until we can see the wall face. C2 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk At this point we will leave the pot smashes and expose the face of wall f7, then take a picture tomorrow before removing the pots. C2 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk Part of the strategy in k1 this morning was to dig in the eastern baulk to find the face of wall f7 and expose more of the floor f21 and see if the floor goes up to bottom of wall f7. C2 2001-07-22_L722okk.j okk The strategy in k1 is to excavate in f107, beneath floor f21. Here we expect to find more floor layers and the boundaries of the top of pit f17. C2 2001-08-30_L830jlw.j jlw on L901 we will finish removal of the last of the fill and clean thoroughly for photograhy. 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2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1032 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1033 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1034 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1036 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1037 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1038 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1041 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1042 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r51 (40163 37949 - 8962 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r52 (40547 38091 - 8969 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r53 (40694 37710 - 9035 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-08-28_L829JW.R jlw r1502 (40538 37854 - 8630 / Relay location: r501 equals m5527) D3 2001-08-28_L901JW1.R jlw r306 (40538 37854 - 8630 / Relay location: r306 equals m5527) D20 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk m2544 D21 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk 400N I99 2001-07-25_L729okk.j sb sequence of features in k1: f5 a, f21 aa, f26 f, f107 ac below f with 3 bu, f137 ac below f107, f139 floor in W part of k, center, f147 ac below f139, above w? N99 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk One of the questions today was how to preserve sherds from whole vessels through the washing stage, and then what happens to them once they go to the sherd yard. In the sherd yard the sherds are processed, diagnostics saved and then body sherds counted and discarded. Apparently it is better to give them a q-item number or an item number if there is any question that there might be multiple sherds from a single vessel. The question is particularly if . O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v1 O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2 O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2a O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2b O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v3 O15 2001-06-27_L916okk.j okk v6 O15 2001-06-28_L916okk.j okk v8 O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v13 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v22 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v20 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v20a O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v39 O15 2001-07-22_L916okk1.j ed v64 O15 2001-07-22_L916okk1.j ed v64a O15 2001-07-24_L916okk1.j ed v75 O15 2001-07-24_L916okk1.j ed v75a O15 2001-08-01_L917okk.j ed v97 O15 2001-08-01_L917okk.j ed v97a O15 2001-08-01_L917okk.j ed v98 O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v104e O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v274a O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v275 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v275a O15 2003-07-14_ZH330jW.j jw v183 O15 2003-07-14_ZH330jW.j jw v183a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v250 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v250a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254c O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v165 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v166 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v43 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v58a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v59 A15k2 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5606 A15w62 ZH614 jW k2.jpg B11 2001-06-26_L916okk2.j okk Second square from N, western extent of excavation. C1 2001-06-26_L629OKK.J okk Today we opened k 2, digging a topsoil feature. The goal is to level the square and determine the southern extent of the Khabur period structures in this area. C1 2001-06-26_L708okk.j okk Today we opened k2, digging a topsoil feature. The goal is to level the square. This square might give us a picture of the southernmost extent of the khabur period structures in this area. C1 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk The tops of more bricks were found, probably the continuation of walls f12 and f13, although there is not yet a clear wall line. There is also the rim of a large vessel. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk Ramadan excavated in the ac south of wall f31. He found that there was a layer of hard red matrix with small white chunks (calcium carbonate?) that appears to be the same as in k3, f28. C1 2001-07-23_L727okk.j okk In k2 we have dug in a small area in the SW quadrant, because it is much higher than the square to the south. C1 2001-07-31_L823okk.j sb In k2, yesterday found a floor in the NW corner, which we had seen in section from A13, it appears to be the same height as f174 in k1. By removing the baulk we should expose the whole feature. Meanwhile, in k2 we are seeing a different situation. There is a rectangular band in the middle of gray ac, new f198 and some red around it. Now it's all levelled, same elevation 8840 -125. There might be a pit. It looks like a rectangular grey ac bound by two walls. C1 2003-08-03_N803MS.j ms 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. C1 2003-08-04_N804MS.j ms continued removing accumulation in baulk f479. This is a continuation of the kiln waste, f373 of k13. This kiln waste must have been in k3 in MZ14 since it has continued so far over in the baulk. Also continued removing f476 brown accumulation above the crumbly bricky material, f474. No new features or ideas from the locus. C1 2003-08-05_N805MS.j ms finished removing fill f484 and fill f485 from pits in k2. f484 seems to be in the middle of kiln waste, f373 and we will continue removing this tomorrow. f485 cuts possible wall f489 which is made of red brick. It is unusual because the bricks seem to be laid on end and almost look as though the wall has fallen. This was uncovered during removal of generic accumulation, f472. We will continue removing f472 tomorrow to see the full extent of the wall and take photos. C1 2003-08-06_N806MS.j ms continued removing f472 accumulation throughout the area. Should finish removal tomorrow. We also took photos, v213, of f489, the red brick wall. This is a very good wall but it is being removed because we are removing all the later red brick material per meeting with gb on N804. C1 2003-08-07_N808MS.j ms finished removing the accumulation f472 and also the brick wall, f489. We have declared f492 to be a wall that is primarily brickmelt at first glance. This is red brick and runs north-south in the eastern section of the k. While removing the accumulation f482 we also uncovered f494 which are large stones running under the wall, apparently foundation stones. This wall may connect with stones found in k3 just w of f493. C1 2003-08-09_N809MS.j ms meeting with gb, fab, jw, ms to discuss f489. This is the vertical red brick wall that is difficult to interpret. We removed most of it on N807 but there is one course left. There appears to be a coating of perhaps plaster or or paint, f500, and this is what we are interested in. It seems as the the wall fell completely on its side. There is no evidence of bricks at an angle. The white layer does not appear to be a floor because there is nothing in section to show any accumulation or packing underneath that would indicate a floor surface. sb, ba and bm will remove a piece of the wall with the plaster. They will attempt to determine what the material is which may give us an idea of what it is, paint or plaster. One point is that this white layer adheres more to the surface under the wall, rather than to the bricks themselves. We will also finish removing the small areas of kiln waste and accumulation, f472, that still remain in the area. There may be a pit that extends further into k3. We will clean well and scrape to see if there is indeed a cut here. C1 2003-08-10_N810MS.j ms removed, hopefully, last remnants for f472 newer accumulations. Per gb, we will begin going down in accumulations from south to north. This is f501. We will remove the along the western edge of w f492. There are stones running EW at s edge of accumulation f501. They may be more foundation stones and we will examine further tomorrow. C1 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw gb, fab, ba, sb, bm and jw met in the locus to discuss how to excavate wall f489 in a way that preserves the possible finely finished face. We decided to remove a 33cm square block at a time from the approximately 3 sq m surface, each of which would include a wall segment, its coating and the matrix into which it fell. C1 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw Stef cleaned the accumulations around the fallen wall f489. bm strung the grid, we relayed the corners, and photographed it from above. We finished excavating a shallow trench to the east of f489, observing no traces of the plaster face seen on the north, west and south sides. sb suggested that we excavate the eastern bank of 33 cm square segments (489.31 to 489.39) from east to west looking for traces of the plaster. The only traces of plaster were found at the bottom of segments 489.38 and 489.39. Yestafad continued to remove f501 from south to north. He found a horizontal line of plaster at the southern edge of f489, clearly separating this feature from the accumulation below, f511. C1 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw Stef and Yestafad continued to remove accumlation around the fallen wall f489. The first 10cm of the sequence of elements 489.21 through 489.29 was removed, revealing the plaster surface just below. After consulting with the conservationist, sb, we decided to excavate all the accumulation f? to the east between f489 and the wall f492/f494 to that elevation. What we then saw was a more or less uniform surface of plaster covering the entire area we had just excavated. C1 2003-08-16_N816jw2.j jw Stef and Yestafad excavated the sectors of fallen wall f489 that did not contain the plaster coating seen in section and already found along the SE corner. Stef removed three isolated sectors that did contain plaster for cleaning and possible restoration by the conservator. We noticed a vertical line of plaster that corresponded to the face of wall f492/494 about 5cm to the west of f494 and Yestafad began removing the accumulation f517 south of f489 to approach it from the west. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j jw conservation specialist bm continued to assist Stef in removing portions of fallen wall f489. Four sectors were removed to the house for further work. Conservation specialist ba prepared a plaster mold for what may be the impression of a fallen cornice that would have capped the wall. It will be moved to the house tomorrow. Yestafad continued to excavate north in accumulation f517 towards the face of the N-S major brick and stone wall, f492/f494. Because of interference with the conservation work, his activities there were suspended. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j ms removing wall. Also working in accumulation f517 toward west face of N-S wall. C1 2003-08-18_N818jw.j jw Stef continued to remove the plaster coating, i279, from the face of the fallen wall f489. It will take less than a day to finish this task. Sultan excavated accumulation f517 east towards the west face of N-S wall f528 (f492/f494), which had a plaster coating f529 on its vertical face that was similar to i279. On the last pick run he discovered a line of plaster perpendicular to the one on the N-S wall, clear evidence that a room bounded by walls on the south and east sides lies under the fallen wall f489 and occupies most of the locus. C1 2003-08-19_N819jw.j jw Yestafad, Stef, and bm finished removing the last row of plaster i279 which defined the underside of the fallen wall face f489. Then, Ibrahim and Khalid began to remove the accumulation f532 under f489. It was red, granular, and very clean. gb believes that it is most likely brickmelt from under and behind the portion of N-S wall f528 which fell to the west. Sultan continued to excavate accumulation f517 in the vicinity of wall f528. It became clear that it is contained to the south by an E-W wall f536 with a white plaster face. gb noted that an E-W line of stones f537 which he had assumed were Phase 3 and re-used for another purpose were indeed in line with f536. jw noticed that there seemed to be traces of white plaster on the north face of one of them. From this evidence, we can hypothesize that f536 and f537 are components of the same wall that bounds a Phase 2 room a38. Near the end of the day, Sultan found evidence of a granular floor f535 that may be associated with a38. It is at about the same elevation as the upper tread of a step that rises from the formal courtyard towards k2. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw Khalid and Ibrahim continued to remove accumulation f532 which was sealed and contained by the wall fall f489. Close to the west face of wall f528 they found fragments of two relatively large door seals, at least one of which had a seal impression. mkb will analyze them and report the significance, if any. Later, they were joined by Ahmed who was detailed from unit J1 to assist. C1 2003-08-21_N821jw.j jw We contined to excavate the accumlation under the wall fall f489 in k2. Among the significant finds were a fish carved from bone and a tablet containing a floor plan, probably for part of the palace. We continued to probe the NW corner of k93 to see if the line of stones f537 was founded and if so, what the relationship with the wall system might be. C1 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw Muhammad Kher 1 began to excavate accumulation f553, which we assumed must overlay the Phase 2 floor in that space because we found the tablet with the wall plans at the edge of it. Near the tablet findspot we found about a 1 sq meter patch of highly compacted or plastered floor surface f554 just under f553. A number of possible seal impressions were found in the SW corner of the locus and are being cleaned and analyzed. C1 2003-08-23_N823jw.j jw Muhammad Kher 1 continued to clear accumulation f553 from atop floor f554. He found several more seal impressions and very little pottery. jw determined that floor f554 and the surface f535 where one would have stepped down from the brick paving to enter it are at the same elevation, 8542. C2 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk To level to the top of walls f 12 and f 13, seen in N baulk. C2 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk To level to the surface of walls f12 and 13, to excavate vessel i8 and find a floor surface associated with it. C2 2001-06-28_L708okk.j okk to level to the surface of walls f12 and f13, to excavate vessel i8 and find a floor surface associated with it. C2 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk To clarify wall f31, particularly its southern face. To finish the excavation of about 5 cm of accumulation in f16, in the N baulk of k2. C2 2001-07-22_L722okk.j okk In k2 we plan to excavate further in f32 to see if there are further floor surfaces associated with the walls. C2 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw We will photograph the wall from above and systematically record the position of each block so that the face can be reconstructed after exposure and cleaning. Stef and Yestafad will assist the conservation staff in the project, which may last several days. C2 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw on N814 we will begin to remove the next bank of sectors to the west. If we find plaster, we will remove each segment individually in one piece, using plaster to stabilize it for transport to the conservation lab. C2 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw on N816 we will remove all the plaster by segments, as previously planned. C2 2003-08-16_N816jw2.j jw gb, fab, and jw met to discuss the impact of the discovery of the vertical plaster face f518. It appears likely that it forms the eastern boundary of a room that was sealed by the fallen wall f489. If so, it means that we will have a room that is clearly associated with the ceremonial courtyard to the north and the Tar-am Agade seal impression to the west. It will be a major goal of this season to excavate this room. 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q1263 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1302 D1a 2003-08-27_N920jw1.j jw q1326 D1a 2003-08-30_N920jw1.j jw q1327 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r49 (40063 37916 - 8997 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r50 (40210 37534 - 8903 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r57 (39683 37771 - 8941 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-08-28_L829JW.R jlw r1503 (40166 37715 - 8676 / Relay location: r502 equals m5529) D3 2001-08-28_L829JW.R jlw r1504 (40146 37499 - 8631 / Relay location: r503 equals m5526) D3 2001-08-28_L829JW.R jlw r1505 (40624 37717 - 8722 / Relay location: r504 equals m5525) D3 2001-08-28_L901JW1.R jlw r269 (40624 37717 - 8722 / Relay location: r269 equals m5525) D3 2001-08-28_L901JW1.R jlw r305 (40146 37499 - 8631 / Relay location: r305 equals m5526) D3 2001-08-28_L901JW1.R jlw r308 (40166 37715 - 8676 / Relay location: r308 equals m5529) D20 2001-06-26_L916okk2.j okk m2545 D21 2001-06-26_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-26_L916okk2.j okk 400N D99 2001-07-31_L823okk.j sb The top of f189 is 8702. I99 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw It appears now more clearly that f489 (composed of reddish bricks 20cm by 20cm by 8cm) stood with the plaster face oriented vertically, then fell atop the uneaven horizontal surface accumulation, f511. O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v1 O15 2001-06-27_L916okk.j okk v6 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v18 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v18a O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v18b O15 2001-07-31_L917okk.j ed v93 O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v103 O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v104 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v274 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v274a O15 2003-07-14_ZH330jW.j jw v182 O15 2003-07-14_ZH330jW.j jw v183a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v213 O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v222 O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v235 O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v235a O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v237 O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v237a O15 2003-08-26_ZH330jW.j jw v244 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v250a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v58a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v59 A15k3 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5610 A15w66 ZH614 jW k3.jpg B11 2001-06-23_L916okk2.j okk The 3rd square from the N, numbers running N-S. The western extent of the excavation. C1 2001-06-23_L629OKK.J okk Today we broke ground in k3. The square slopes at about a 30 degree angle to the east, so we levelled the baulks as well. The first goal is to level the square, using the big pick in 15 cm deep pick runs. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk We excavated another pass of accumulation in f34 today and found nothing else of significance. C1 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb notes on pottery from f45. 213 diagnostic sherds (3 bags) q126, q133, q134. Discarded 663 body sherds. C1 2001-07-18_L818okk.j sb Dug in lower (w) part of k3/k4, onto the wadi bed. Made a new feature, f100, for ash accumulation on NW quad of k3. On the E part (higher) of k3 found a lot of slag, and burnt fragments of brick, greenish-pink. C1 2001-07-23_L727okk.j okk While digging in k3 we found another burial in the grey ashy layer f120 with a lot of sherds that looks like it might be a pit or some type of intrusive element. Now it appears as if there is a large vessel, possibly of the Bitumen Use Tradition. This is based on the rim, which is flattened with black paint on the rim and neck. Actually Marilyn came and said that it appears to be Khabur. C1 2001-08-27_L827jlw1.j jlw on L825, gb, okk and jlw discussed the need to clarify functional relationships between certain features in A15. Specifically, there is a small ledge on the western interior side of the well, f145, in k93 . It is about 50 cm below the surface of the surrounding architecture, which coincides with the well top. Nearby, in A13, there is a drain that runs N-S, but appears to turn to the east at a point west of the well. The issue is whether there is a relationship between the two and if so, what is the direction of flow of the water. Did it flow from the well, through the drain, to the flagstone pavement to the north? Or, did it flow from the pavement to the south and out of the building? To this end, on L827, jlw cleaned the platform of the well. There was no obvious water channel exiting to the west. It was his opinion that the ledge may not be purpose-built, but may mark the Phase 2 level of the pavement in that section. The stones below seem larger and the shaft is more vertical below the ledge. The ledge may simply have been a weak spot in the extension of the lining upward to the new floor level to keep the well operational. We will measure the slope of the drain tomorrow to determine the direction of the water flow. Since Phase 3 architecture has covered the south end of the drainage system, we will have to remove it in a future season to be certain of what was built in Phase 2. C1 2003-08-11_N811jw.j jw Yestafad continued to excavate a block of ashy accumulation f501 in the SW corner of the locus. At the end of the day he had exposed a hard, undulating floor surface f505 (elevation 8689) and, in the SW corner, what may be a remnant of the palace floor f506 (elevation 8716) and the underlying packing f507 (elevation 8704). C1 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw Yestafad continued to remove accumulation f502 to the south. There was less damage to the floor f505 from the pit intrusion than yesterday. Later, he began to excavate accumulation f501 on the north edge of the locus. C1 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw Aldare removed debris f510 atop what appears to be a northern extension of the possible Phase 2 surface f505. C1 2003-08-18_N818jw.j jw Ibrahim and Khalid from A14 excavated the accumulation f510 south of wall f520. On the second pick run, a more reddish accumulation f524 was encountered. The foundation for the NW corner of wall f520 was reached. Human remains, i295, were discovered in pit fill f525 in the NW corner of the locus. C1 2003-08-19_N819jw.j jw Khalid finished excavating the burial a37. We are trying to decide whether or not to leave it in place for next year due to the fact that it is overlaid by a large stone which will be difficult to remove in the last days of this season, considering all the other things that must be done. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw Sultan spent the day exploring the extent of wall f537, which runs along the north edge of the locus. Having identified a possible floor surface f543 which was to the north of the north face of wall f537, he then began searching for the south face. After removing a pit a40, a large stone was located at the bottom which could mark that face. Clarification will be a key goal of the work here tomorrow. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw we continued to explore for the south face of a wall defined on the north side by three large stones in the NW corner and by a thin line of plaster in the NE corner. In k2 we continued to remove the platform below the wall fall f439. We recovered fragments of at least two door seals with impressions along the north edge of the locus. C1 2003-08-21_N821jw.j jw We excavated in the NE corner of k3 to look for wall foundations/stone components. We found what appears to be the corner stones for wall f520 and the west end of E-W wall f548, whose deteriorated brick top and underlying leveling stones we had seen in section in the N baulk of k13 after we cleared the material from a huge industrial pit. C1 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw Stef and Sa'ud cleared all the locus of accumulation f558 to the same level, except where the burial interferred. After scraping and brushing, we began to see an extensive patch of bricks f558 laid horizontally, almost certainly a Phase 2 floor linked to the floor f554 west of wall f528 in k2. One seal impression, which gb identified as being that of queen Uqnitum, was found in f558, leading to the conclusion that the floor f558 was associated with Phase 2. After flp drew the skeleton, Stef removed the human remains i295 that were part of a40. C1 2003-08-23_N823jw.j jw Stef and Sa'ud removed stones atop the burial a37 and removed the last of the remains i295. One Khabur pot, i336, dates it to Phase 5. They continued to clear packing from atop the brick pavement f558. All available workmen assisted in dismantling the east wall f564 of platform f214. Muhammad Kher 2 discovered a N-S line of stones f562 under the foundation for wall f520. It was unusual in that it was offset to the east (looking north) from the alignment of other walls of the palace. C1 2003-08-23_N823jw.j jw Stef and Yestafad removed platform f208 after we determined that the surface stones were not deeply founded. Then, Muhammed Kher began to remove the accumulation f560 beneath. C2 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk To continue levelling in topsoil feature. C2 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk To find the extent of ac f22, which appears to extend over the northern half of k3. lr suggested that it might be a floor surface as there is a similar surdace in A16k6. C2 2001-06-28_L708okk.j okk to find the extent of ac f22, which appears to extend over the northern half of k3. lr suggested that it might be a floor surface as there is a similar surface in A16k6. C2 2001-07-03_L709okk.j sb gb came here this morning, and said that we should dig the soft accumulation on the S-W of the locus, f45 since it is certainly gully wash. Because this pottery is so mixed and of a large quantity, we will count it, keep the diagnostic sherds and then throw the body sherds back into the backdirt. C2 2001-07-05_L706okk.j okk This morning we will take photos in this square of the N baulk of A13 which is the opposite section from the western baulk of k3. Per gb's suggestion yesterday, we will take out this baulk today as it consists of only gully wash and it would be easier to excavate f45, the gully wash from the western edge of this feature (note that A12 excavated this feature in MZ12, we should find the feature number and description to correlate them). C2 2001-07-22_L722okk.j okk In k3 and k4 we want to look closer at the accumulation features there as it appears that we have reached red earth layers which might indicate walls or red packing. From there we will determine how to dig in this area. C2 2001-07-24_L818okk1.j okk Today we plan to clean and take photos of the area in k3, to show the different phases of occupation and use in a single photo. The well in the foreground (2), the kiln (4?), the cut of the burial and burial (5). Then we plan to clean the burial, to dig in the west in f128 to make a complete section. D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a4 D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a7 D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a9 D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a10 D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a22 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a37 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a41 D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a43 D1a 2001-07-24_ZG114jW.j ed f1 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j cc f22 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j cc f28 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f34 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f41 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f45 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f48 D1a 2001-07-18_ZG114jW.j okk f100 D1a 2001-07-18_ZG114jW.j okk f103 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j sb f110 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j okk f111 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j okk f112 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j ed f119 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j ed f120 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j ed f121 D1a 2001-07-22_ZG114jW.j ed f122 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f129 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f135 D1a 2001-07-24_ZG114jW.j ed f140 D1a 2001-07-24_ZG114jW.j ed f141 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG114jW.j ed f143 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG114jW.j ed f144 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG114jW.j ed f146 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG114jW.j sb f154 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG114jW.j sb f156 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG114jW.j sb f157 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG114jW.j ed f164 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG114jW.j ed f165 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG114jW.j ed f167 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG114jW.j ed f171 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG114jW.j ed f176 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG114jW.j ed f183 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG114jW.j ed f184 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG114jW.j ed f196 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG114jW.j ed f201 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG114jW.j cc f212 D1a 2001-08-28_ZG114jW.j ed f228 D1a 2001-08-28_ZG114jW.j ed f230 D1a 2001-09-09_ZG114jW.j okk f234 D1a 2001-09-09_ZG114jW.j okk f235 D1a 2001-08-28_ZG115jW.j jw f363 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f371 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f452 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f453 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f455 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f456 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f502 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f505 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f506 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f507 D1a 2003-08-13_N921jw2.j jw f510 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f524 D1a 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q1189 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1191 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1193 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1195 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1206 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1207 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1210 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1215 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1226 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1227 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1229 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1232 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ms q1235 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ms q1236 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1241 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1245 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1247 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1250 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1252 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1254 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1256 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1259 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1260 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1264 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1292 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r58 (39746 37358 - 8933 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r59 (39597 37742 - 8956 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r60 (39223 37597 - 8953 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-08-28_L828JW.R jlw r309 (39120 37552 - 8722 / Relay location: r309 equals m5530) D3 2003-08-17_N917JW.R jw r1017 (39534 37276 - 8577 / Relay location: top) D3 2003-08-25_N825JW.R jw r1500 (39333 37353 - 8875 / Relay location: center) D20 2001-06-23_L916okk2.j okk m2546 D21 2001-06-23_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-23_L916okk2.j okk 400N I99 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw mkb and jo analyzed pottery from f502 in k3. They found a mix of Nuzi, Khabur, and Simple Ware sherds. This can be explained as a result of the intrusion of deep Phase 6 and Phase 5 pits into Phase 2 structures which are to the north and east of f502. O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v1 O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v1a O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v12a O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v17 O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v25 O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v26a O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v35b O15 2001-07-26_L916okk1.j ed v78 O15 2001-07-28_ZI203jW.j ed v113 O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v85 O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v85a O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v85b O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v85c O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167 O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167b O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v169 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v271 O15 2003-07-13_ZH330jW.j jw v181 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v229 O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v229a O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v231 O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v231a O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v236 O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v236a O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v236b O15 2003-08-22_ZH330jW.j jw v236c O15 2003-08-23_ZH330jW.j jw v239 O15 2003-08-23_ZH330jW.j jw v240 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v246 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 O15 2003-08-30_ZH330jW.j jw v243 O15 2003-08-30_ZH330jW.j jw v243a O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v152b O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v162b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 A15k4 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5614 A15w70 ZH614 jW k4.jpg B11 2001-06-24_L916okk2.j okk The 4th square from the N, numbers running N-S. The western extent of excavation. B99 2003-08-21_N821jw.j jw fab had noticed some yellowish hard chunks along the northern boundary of the platform, approximately at the elevation of f547, and asked whether it came from the Phase 5 industrial pits which contained similar chunks along with kiln waste, slag and other materials. As it turns out, the yellow material in the walls of platform f214 is baked brick, a few of which were apparently incorporated into the wall when it was built. C1 2001-07-23_L727okk.j okk In k4 we are digging in what appears to be a room or rectangular area surrounded by a red, eroded layer which could be walls. There is also a smaller area like this about half a metre to the north and parallel to it. We are also digging inside of a small tannur which extends into the northern baulk of k94. C1 2001-08-28_L828jlw1.j jlw removed accumulation, f129, and a very large stone that covered the E-W stone wall, f191. There was a round-bottom jar, i229, sitting upright in the accumulation about 2cm above the stones in the wall. C1 2003-08-19_N819jw.j jw the platform f214 was photographed in preparation for drawing and removal on N820. Ibrahim probed accumulation f532 from north to south looking for evidence for its foundation, but found none. Ju'an began to excavate the material f533 within the platform. The top was hard-packed and had the shape of a shallow dish, but there was no sign of burning. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw Ramadan explored the extent of the stone and sherd pavement f545, which underlays another such pavement f490. Stef and Yestafad removed the accumulation f533 enclosed by the three extant walls of platform f214. There is some indication that the north wall, made of mudbrick, is founded on a surface of baked brick. Clarification will be a key goal of the work here tomorrow. fab noticed that a small block of accumulation in lower NW corner of f214 contained material similar to the Phase 5 kiln waste seen in k14 and k13. We will investigate as the excavation of that part of the platform proceeds tomorrow. C1 2003-08-21_N821jw.j jw We began to remove platform f214 which is the focus of our attention. We removed sherd streets f490 and f545 which lay to the east and south of the platform. Underneath was a very hard, smooth accumlation f551 which may have been compacted by earlier use as a street. We excavated the accumulation f533 contained by the north, east and south walls, reaching the level of a floor comprised of several baked bricks f547 and some hard packed clay laid on crumbly red packing f506. We removed the north wall which was made of inferior bricky material overlaid upon sherds. In the interior, we reached lines of large stones underneath the surface cover on the east and south sides. Clearly they demark the SE corner of a room and the fact that the baked bricks are at the same elevation as the floor of room a35 probably links the two. We excavated from west to east since the west side had been previously damaged. C1 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw Ahmed and Mizar removed the lowest floor surface f533 enclosed by the walls of platform f214 and began to excavate the underlying packing f506 and fill f507 below it. Mizar expanded the excavation to the west into k94, digging as far as a large stone that looks to be in line with those being identified in k93. In the process he removed a small platform of unfounded stones f556 and the accumulation below f557. Upon reaching the same level as f533, it appears to continue south to the large stone, perhaps providing some evidence that the Phase 2 brick floor below is similarly bounded. With respect to the E-W line of stones on the south side, all appear to be deeply founded. However, there is a gap that is filled with baked bricks. The N-S wall on the east side seems to be made of mortar, a few baked bricks and unfounded large stones. C2 2001-06-26_L629OKK.J okk To level the step in the E to bring the whole square to one level. C2 2001-07-31_L818okk1.j okk To excavate a 1.5 m test trench from the west end of f170 to the stone layer in the east. This test trench is next to stone wall f191, so we want to determine the depth of this stone wall as well as whether there is a floor associated with it. C2 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw tomorrow, after removing overlying floors and packing, we will continue to carefully follow floor f558 to the south, east and west. There are indications that we are at the very top of these bricks. 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8826 / Relay location: next to rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r64 (39131 37564 - 8949 / Relay location: next to rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r65 (38759 37425 - 8960 / Relay location: next to rebar) D3 2001-08-28_L828JW.R jlw r310 (38902 37484 - 8740 / Relay location: r310 equals m5531) D3 2003-08-17_N917JW.R jw r1015 (39221 37613 - 8653 / Relay location: top) D20 2001-06-24_L916okk2.j okk m2547 D21 2001-06-24_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-24_L916okk2.j okk 400N O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v1 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v19 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v19a O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v25 O15 2001-07-26_L916okk1.j ed v77 O15 2001-07-28_ZI203jW.j ed v113 O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v84 O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v84a O15 2001-07-29_L917okk.j ed v84b O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v90 O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v90a O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v90b O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167 O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167b O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v270 O15 2003-07-13_ZH330jW.j jw v181 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v229 O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v229a O15 2003-08-20_ZH330jW.j jw v232 O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v233 O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v234 O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v234a O15 2003-08-23_ZH330jW.j jw v238 O15 2003-08-24_ZH330jW.j jw v242 O15 2003-08-24_ZH330jW.j jw v242a O15 2003-08-24_ZH330jW.j jw v242b O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v245 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v246 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v164 O15 2024-01-11_ZI111jW.j jw v51c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v45a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v45b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51d A15k5 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5618 A15w74 ZH614 jW k5.jpg C1 2001-07-25_L811jlw.j jlw cleared the overburden from the locus, consisting mainly of backdirt that had been temporarily placed along the edge of the active excavation. After breakfast began excavating a thin layer of topsoil, f300, and the underlying gully wash, f301, which could be seen in section in the already excavated north side of the north baulk. Approximately 25cm under the surface, found a relatively crude pebble and sherd surface, f302, in the SW corner, under which was another accumulation, f305. Began to encounter a more dense accumulation, f303, under f301, in the eastern half of the locus. C1 2001-07-25_L725vp1.j vp the biggest part of workers spent all the day to remove the ground on the south of the new locus, k5. vp and Adib took the corners relais of the area to be excavated of k5. Then Tariq, Ali and Suliman, with big picks, started to remove the top soil, not very hard, c#10YR7/3 co pale brown, f300. Under of it, it was possible to see the granular accumulation f301, producted by the rain and the wind, c#10YR5/3 co brown. They removed it with big picks and cleaned all the locus. During the cleaning it was possible to see some pebbles and sherds f302, on the SW corner and about on the middle of the locus, and a hard a f303 on the south half of k5. In the N half the f301 continued for about 15cm down. Tariq with the trowel tried to explorer the f303 and found, about in the middle of the E section a big door socket and 1m to W an other one smaller. Then, they removed the f302, f303 and cleaned the entire locus. C1 2001-07-26_L726vp.j vp Tariq Ali and Suliman started to clean the entire locus, k5. All the team started to remove the ts f306 in k15. Then Tariq removed the natural accumulation, left on the NE quarter of k5, f301: under of it, it was possible to see the same hard, white accumulation as the SE quadrant of locus, f303. Vp decided to remove the f303, in the E half of locus, at the first the NE quadrant, then the SE quadrant, trying to understand the situation. A different accumulation f304 and two broken tannurs, on the middle of the W half of k5, appeared under of it: f304 was softer, granular, about yellow and mixed with small pieces of carbon and white grits. That accumulation was visible on the entire area, except on the SW quadrant of locus. There, it was possible to see a very soft and darker ground with a consistent number of roots, f305. After a cleaning, Tariq Ali and Suliman cut the sections E and S where the f303 appeared very clear. Then they removed all the f304. C1 2001-07-29_L812jlw2.j jlw continued to excavate the entire locus, concentrating on some emerging brickwork, f319 and f320, and a possible pit, f321, in the SW corner. C1 2001-07-30_L730vp1.j vp Tariq and Ali cleaned very well all the locus to see if the bricks traces near the N baulk were really so. In effect, they found a bricks line f324, direction E-W. vp documented well the wall and decided to remove it to dig the entire half of locus. Then they continued to dig the f326 for about 1m: that accumulation was very hard,c# 10YR7/2 with pieces of carbon and with grits, maybe same as f304. vp thought that is the same accumulation as seen in the south baulk of k4. C1 2001-07-31_L823vp1.j vp Tariq and Ali started to clean the entire locus. Ali, during the cleaning, came on evidence on the NE corner, a surface of pebbles and sherds, pc, f329, present until the middle of the area. We took the elevation and then we removed it with small picks. Then, Tariq and Ali started to dig accumulation, f330, for about 15cm: it was possible to see, below, a different accumulation f332 and a tannur, f333, half of which was in the W baulk. On the top of f332 there were some traces of ash, about 2cm. Then, Tariq removed the bricks near the N baulk, f324, and, after the cleaning, it was very evident, a floor, f336, connected with them, granular but compacted (c#:7.5YR5/6, co:strong brown). vp took the elevation of f336 and decided to draw parallels between it and the floor, f337, below the bricks on the middle of the locus, on the S-E of the tannur, f333; The elevations, and the colors (c#:10YR7/4, co:pale brown), of both floors (f336 and f337) were identical. C1 2001-08-01_L813jlw.j jlw removed about 60 cm of accumulation, f332, from the north half. After breakfast, began to remove the N baulk. We followed the stratigraphy already established for the locus to assign feature numbers to q-lots. In the afternoon excavations, found a cache of bones that turned out to be those of an animal. C1 2001-08-02_L813jlw1.j jlw removed accumulations, f340 and f341, from the north side of the locus, now including what had been the north baulk. On the last pick run, found a N-S mudbrick wall, f342 in the NE quadrant. On either side, after removal of accumulations west, f341, and east, f343, of wall, f342, found a stone paved surface, f344, which is clearly an extension of the top of the stone platform located just to the north. C1 2001-08-28_L828jlw1.j jlw removed accumulation, f340, in a two square meter area above the level of mudbrick wall, f342. Removed about one square meter of accumulation, f343, from atop the stone and sherd pavement, f345, east of wall, f342. C1 2001-08-29_L829jlw2.j jlw continued to clean the locus in preparation for final photographs and for cover/backfill until excavation resumes next season. Leveled accumulation, f340 and cut straight E-W baulks. C1 2001-09-03_L903jlw.j jlw finished trimming the excavated area for final photographs and for cover and backfill in preparation for the next excavation season. C1 2003-07-17_N717MS.j ms continued removing pt fill f391 to define outlines of pit itself, f394. This may shed some light on what is going on with brick. To the sw of the pit are two bricks laid vertically. It is not clear whether they were laid that way or fell. There are also bricks in the e section of the pit. These seem to align with the bricks seen in s section. Also going down in a f390 to the east of the pit. This also seems to have a line of bricks running ew. Relationship among all these lines of bricks is very unclear at the moment. C1 2003-07-19_N719MS.j ms there is brick everywhere and we are unclear of the connection with f399. Bricks in section in pt f394 are very different from the wall. They are thin and alternating gray and brown in layers. These are f403. There may also be bricks in the bottom of the pit. We removed a layer of bricks from wall f387 just to get a view of what is going on. The brick continues under. After conferring with gb we began to remove f404 to n of f387 to get a sense where the bricks might end. This accumulation might be equated with f340 in MZ14. C1 2003-07-20_N720MS.j ms continued removing a f397 to n of pit f394. Uncovered large stone, f410, perhaps in line or at same level as stones and sherd pavement from MZ14, f208. Also uncovered possible burial, f403, but it was only an animal. Took photo and removed it. Continue talking f397 to s and down. Will start going down at lower levels. gb believes these are part of large gray accumulation. We will assign new feature number although it is well seen in the baulk. This will be f411. C1 2003-07-21_N721MS.j ms began going down in f411 which is an accumulation, possibly same gray compacted material seen in baulk and covering lots of area in MZ14. After removal though, it seems to be a different material as it is brown rather than gray. Rashid uncovered the bottom of a large jar in situ. It seems to be complete and it is i237. f411 runs ns along e baulk and is bounded by possible wall, f413. This wall may go all the way up to s section under wall f387 but that is not clear. N portion of f413 runs s and is a continuation of a wall uncovered in MZ14. It goes up to the large sherd pavement, f208. Currently unclear of the connection but we will examine the old files to see what has already been written about this. If there is a connection than f411 is possible ph 3. We seemed to have missed the floor of pit f394 and continued down. f397 is now a uniform level w of f413. We have bricks running we and cut by the pit. The vertical brick at the top of f394 seems to have a footing. Per jo there may be a threshhold or doorway. In section thre is a cut with similar accumulation on either side. Tomorrow we will photograph, draw and consult with gb on next steps. C1 2003-07-22_N722MS.j ms continued removing accumulation f411 around i237, large ja and two more jars on their sides have been uncovered. Rasheed is excavating slowly. At first we thought this might be a burial, but these may just be an installation of large vessels on a floor. Will continue to examine. Started removing accumulation, f418 w of wall f413. This wall may be the w border of the huge gray accumulation because layers are seen in the w baulk w of the wall, but nothing is seen in the e baulk. Took photos of pit f394 and possible threshhold. C1 2003-07-23_N723MS.j ms continued removing dirt around jars in f411 looking for floor or some surface. Still no sign of pit so it is probable that this is an installation. We are uncovering more jars, sherds, stones, and more items. i244, i245, i246 are three more jars in situ. We have also found a metal pin, i247. Majid and Rashid are picking here. The dirt is soft and brown an appears in section under gray accumulation. Remains contained by f413, wall. Also continued going down in accumulation f418. It is unclear what is going on here. There seems to be red bricky material but no real articulated bricks. We find the w face of f413. There seems to be a layer or small pit of ashy material in w portion running into baulk. We are moving slowly here to insure we understand what's going on. C1 2003-07-24_N725MS.j ms continue excavating f411 and exposing more jars, large and small. Still no floor seen although we may only be 10 cm above possible floor. At very end of the day we started coming upon charcoal and possible burnt wood. Will look further on Saturday. Unclear about purpose of room. SB suggests it may be a storage room. One of the jars, i237, is like a jar found in F1 and dated to Old Akkadian. This would give this area a ph3 date. Any floor would be below the sherd/stone floor, f208 of MZ14. We have named this area aggregate 34. To west of wall f413, in accumulation f397, we are still unclear what is going on. We may have a differentiation between the area that is adjacent to wall f413 and the half that abuts the baulk. We have given these two new feature numbers and will excavate seperately until differentiation is clearer. f422 is west of the wall f413 and is a grayer material with sherds. West of this is f423. There are more inclusions and may have been the remnants of a pit or fill. C1 2003-07-26_N726MS.j ms still working in a34, f411. still finding more, but smaller jars. We have a complete baked brick lying horizontally at the n end of the aggregate. It is near several small jars lying on their sides. This may indicate we have the floor. There are other bricks nearby, but broken and on their sides. We also have the imprint of what appears to be a piece of matting. It does not seem to be a basket. It is a spiral design and about ----- cm across. We may refer to this as a negative item, n1. Will consult with gb. After much consultation we feel it may be a woven mat used traditionally for putting under hot things. Should cease excavating in this area soon and protect the jars as much as possible. Took photos v195 Nasm was working w of wall f413. f422 seems to continue as an accumulation. f423 is more bricky. We removed the first layer and seem to have come down on more bricks, per jo. This is still a difficult area to interpret. f422 is very narrow and we have a new jar in situ there. It is between wall f413 and the bricks of f423. We will continue in f422 and look for a floor. C1 2003-07-27_N727MS.j ms no excavation in a34. We believe we have found the floor with the horizontal brick and matting, i250. Removed f403 bricks in pit f394. . There also seems to be some fill, f391, left along s portion of pit so we are removing that to hopefully increase understanding of what is giong on and relationships among the walls in this area. Also removed tannur, f432, which equals f364 in MZ14. We want to clean up to the section of the baulk and come down. Under the tannur is accumulation f432. This was also removed down to the level of f423. New accumulation is f435 and just to the west of f423. We started removing this accumulation to see the other side of f423. jo sees bricks in f423 and jw suggests it may be pise wall. Again, it is difficult to see exactly what is going on. Removed stones, f431, that were sitting east of tannur. Finished removing the last small patch of f397 which is the accumulation we had throughout this k earlier. This was the last portion remaining. Will examine f423 again tomorrow to see if today's excavation has given us any additional information. C1 2003-07-28_N728MS.j ms Came down in a f390 at sw corner of locus. This is to the w of pit f394 and has been cut both by this and plant roots. There may be bricks in some portion but it is very difficult to understand the connection with other parts of the locus. There seems to be a pit under f390 which is seen in section of the pit and we will remove f390 and define pit boundaries tomorrow. We also came down in a f435 to the w of pise f423. The differentiation is very clear between f435, f423 and also f422, but the overall connection with the rest of the area is unclear. We will backfill and cover a34 to protect it while we come down to same level in k15. mkb will look especially at pottery lots from f411 the dirt in this aggregate. C1 2003-07-29_N729MS.j ms finished removing last remnants of f390 and removed part of a f443. Nothing special of note in this area. C1 2003-07-30_N730ms.j ms removed n baulk; no additional digging in square. Took pictures, v197, of a34, jar installation in am. C1 2003-07-31_N731MS.j ms we removed more dirt from f443. This location is still very unclear. We have some bricky material and some fill but no accumulation or direct connection with wall, f387 on the e side of the pit f394. We, jw and ms, have decided to keep removing the material under f443 and come down on the current accumuation, f435 and attempt to define the possible pise wall, f423. Will continue here on Saturday. C1 2003-08-02_N802MS.j ms removed accumulation, f443 and came down on possible floor, f465, but it was very small and did not got anywhere. Perhaps it was cut by pit, f394. We removed f465 and began removing brown accumulation below, f466. C1 2003-08-04_N804MS.j ms some of the features we are excavating in this locus are partially in k15 or related to features in k15. We will describe them under k15 since the majority of the activity here is currently originating in k15. These features include f460, f478, f479 and f480. C1 2003-08-19_N819jw.j jw Mizar and Yestafad continued to carefully remove the jars, bowls and cups that comprise a34. At the end of the day they reached what may be a floor surface, as yet undesignated. A several baked bricks and other detrious were found interspersed with the ceramic vessels. Many small vessels were complete, although some were broken. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw Mizar and Yestafad finished removing all of the vessels that comprise a34. In doing so, they reached a flat, relatively clean surface that could mark the stopping point for excavating here this season. As they followed this surface to the north, they reached an E-W line of stones f542, which appear to be either the foundation for a wall that has been destroyed or a threshold for a stairway that descends to the south. C2 2001-07-25_L725vp1.j vp we will open the first locus, k5, on the south area of A15 to look for some links between both sides. Tariq Ali and Suliman will dig there. We will remove the ground on the SW slope of k5:the other workers will dig there. C2 2001-07-26_L726vp.j vp we will continue to dig in k5. Tariq Ali and Suliman will dig here. We will open the new locus on the E of k5, k15. C2 2001-07-30_L730vp1.j vp we will dig just the N half of k5, to looking for some traces of a building gate wall. We will to try arriving to the reddish traces of bricks, evident on the S section of K4. Tariq and Ali will dig there with big picks. C2 2001-07-31_L823vp1.j vp we will continue to dig the N half of locus. D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw3.j jw a29 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw3.j jw a32 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a33 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a34 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a39 D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a44 D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a49 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG115jW.j jw f300 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG115jW.j jw f301 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG115jW.j jw f302 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG115jW.j jw f303 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG115jW.j jw f304 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG115jW.j jw f305 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f313 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f314 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f315 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f316 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f317 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG115jW.j jw f319 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG115jW.j jw f320 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG115jW.j jw f321 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG115jW.j jw f324 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG115jW.j jw f326 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f329 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f330 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f332 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f333 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f336 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f337 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG115jW.j jw f339 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG115jW.j jw f340 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG115jW.j jw f341 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG115jW.j jw f342 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG115jW.j jw f343 D1a 2001-08-02_ZG115jW.j jw f344 D1a 2001-08-29_ZG115jW.j jw f364 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f381 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f382 D1a 2003-07-15_N921jw1.j ms f387 D1a 2003-07-15_N921jw1.j ms f389 D1a 2003-07-16_N921jw1.j ms f390 D1a 2003-07-16_N921jw1.j ms f391 D1a 2003-07-17_N921jw1.j ms f394 D1a 2003-07-17_N921jw1.j ms f397 D1a 2003-07-17_N921jw1.j ms f398 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f402 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f403 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f404 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f405 D1a 2003-07-20_N921jw1.j ms f410 D1a 2003-07-21_N921jw1.j ms f411 D1a 2003-07-21_N921jw1.j ms f413 D1a 2003-07-22_N921jw1.j ms f418 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f422 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f423 D1a 2003-07-26_N921jw1.j ms f431 D1a 2003-07-26_N921jw1.j ms f432 D1a 2003-07-26_N921jw1.j ms f434 D1a 2003-07-26_N921jw1.j ms f435 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f443 D1a 2003-07-30_N921jw1.j ms f458 D1a 2003-07-31_N921jw1.j ms f459 D1a 2003-07-31_N921jw1.j ms f460 D1a 2003-08-02_N921jw1.j ms f465 D1a 2003-08-02_N921jw1.j ms f466 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw1.j ms f478 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw1.j ms f479 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw1.j ms f480 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f523 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw2.j jw f542 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw1.j vp i200 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw1.j vp i201 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw1.j vp i202 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw1.j vp i203 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw1.j vp i204 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw1.j vp i205 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw1.j vp i210 D1a 2003-07-19_N808MS1.j jw i235 D1a 2003-07-21_N808MS1.j ms i237 D1a 2003-07-21_N808MS1.j ms i238 D1a 2003-07-22_N808MS1.j ms i240 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i244 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i245 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i246 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i247 D1a 2003-07-27_N808MS1.j ms i253 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i289 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i290 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i291 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i292 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i293 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i294 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i296 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i297 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i299 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i300 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i301 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i302 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i303 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i304 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i305 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i306 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i308 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i309 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i310 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i311 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i312 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i313 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i316 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i317 D1a 2003-08-07_N808MS1.j jw n1 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw.j vp q600 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw.j vp q601 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw.j vp q602 D1a 2001-07-25_L915jlw.j vp q603 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q604 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q605 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q606 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q607 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q609 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q611 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q622 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q627 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q628 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q629 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q632 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q638 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q643 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q645 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q647 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q649 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q655 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q656 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q660 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q663 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q666 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q667 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q669 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q672 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q674 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw.j vp q676 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw.j vp q678 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw.j vp q680 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw.j vp q681 D1a 2001-08-01_L915jlw.j vp q682 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q683 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q684 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q685 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q686 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q687 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q688 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q689 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q690 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q691 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q692 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q693 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q694 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j vp q695 D1a 2001-08-28_L915jlw.j jw q721 D1a 2001-08-02_L915jlw.j jw q725 D1a 2003-07-15_N726jw4.j lf q741 D1a 2003-07-15_N726jw4.j lf q743 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q747 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q751 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q757 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q760 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q764 D1a 2003-07-19_N915jw.j ms q766 D1a 2003-07-19_N915jw.j ms q771 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q776 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q783 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q786 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q787 D1a 2003-07-22_N915jw.j ms q806 D1a 2003-07-22_N915jw.j ms q812 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q816 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q817 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q826 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q832 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q833 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q836 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q837 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q838 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q839 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q840 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q845 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q846 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q853 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q854 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q855 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q866 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q867 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q868 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q875 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q876 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q882 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q883 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q897 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q899 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q909 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q919 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q924 D1a 2003-08-02_N919jw.j ii q930 D1a 2003-08-02_N919jw.j ii q935 D1a 2003-08-03_N919jw.j ii q941 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q953 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q997 D1a 2001-08-01_L903okk3.j sb q1022 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1185 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1198 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1201 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1209 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1213 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1219 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1220 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1222 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1228 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ms q1233 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ms q1239 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1265 D1a 2003-09-16_N920jw1.j jw q1329 D3 2001-07-25_L725VP.R vp r400 (38664 37381 - 8916 / Relay location: k5) D3 2001-08-28_L828JW.R jlw r311 (38862 37045 - 8748 / Relay location: r311 equals m5532) D3 2003-08-17_N917JW.R jw r1020 (39517 36845 - 8574 / Relay location: top) O15 2001-07-28_ZI203jW.j ed v113 O15 2001-07-28_ZI203jW.j ed v113a O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167 O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167a O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v167b O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v168 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v268 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v268a O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v268b O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v269 O15 2003-07-17_ZH330jW.j jw v188 O15 2003-07-17_ZH330jW.j jw v188a O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v190 O15 2003-07-22_ZH330jW.j jw v192 O15 2003-07-22_ZH330jW.j jw v192a O15 2003-07-22_ZH330jW.j jw v193 O15 2003-07-26_ZH330jW.j jw v195 O15 2003-07-26_ZH330jW.j jw v195a O15 2003-07-26_ZH330jW.j jw v195b O15 2003-07-26_ZH330jW.j jw v195c O15 2003-07-26_ZH330jW.j jw v195d O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198 O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198a O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198b O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199 O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199a O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199b O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202b O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204 O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204a O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204b O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v208 O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210 O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210a O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214c O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214d O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215 O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215a O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215b O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216 O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216a O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216b O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217 O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217a O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217b O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218 O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218a O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218b O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219 O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219a O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219b O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221 O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221a O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221b O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223 O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223a O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223b O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224b O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226 O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226a O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226b O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227 O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227a O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228 O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228a O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v230 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v249 O15 2003-08-29_ZH330jW.j jw v255 O15 2003-08-29_ZH330jW.j jw v255a O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v150 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v154 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v156 A15k7 D3 2001-08-28_L829JW.R jlw r1501 (40645 37667 - 8623 / Relay location: r500 equals m5528) D3 2001-08-28_L901JW.R jlw r307 (40645 37667 - 8623 / Relay location: r307 equals m5528) H99 2001-06-23_L629OKK.J okk It is likely that we will find the remainder of a building in k1 as there appears to be part of a room in A16k7, the inside of which faces inwards towards the south. There is also a vessel in a small niche. It is at the bottom of a slope, so it is also possible that it may have been destroyed by the gully and/or the later road (modern) which apparently came through this area and was in existence at the time when gb and mkb first came to consider Tel Mozan for excavation. A15k11 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5603 A15w59 ZH614 jW k11.jpg B11 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk First square in N, to the immediate east of k1. Eastern extent of excavation. C1 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk After cleaning in f8 we noticed that there were large chunks of reddish and gray bricks. We now think that we are excavating brickfall rather than accumulation and wadi wash. It is also curious that in the E section, divided by the wadi channel, the southern half appears to consist of ash lenses and gray accumulation. This appears to be localized in the SE corner of the square, although this is not yet entirely clear. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk We completed levelling in f23 in k11. Looking at the basin and the E section clarified a few things today; we now see a small remnant of a floor f39 which comes up to the lip of basin f24. C1 2001-07-08_L709okk.j sb removed the N baulk. C1 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk Today we are excavating in f75, the accumulation above a floor surface. We followed the brick apron f85 down to the bottom and found large stones and then a large pebble and sherd pavement, f86. We are continuing to excavate in this accumulation to uncover the whole extent of the floor. Right now there is a patch of f71, probably the same floor in k12, and a large patch in k11 that are not yet contiguous. There might also be a connection to the north in A16 where there is a compacted floor surface with very small pebbles and sherds. C1 2001-07-15_L818okk.j sb in k11 and k12 we are finding everywhere the pebble and sherds floor f71 which continues in A16k8. C2 2001-06-26_L629OKK.J okk We will also level in this square, but starting at the southern end of f7, to find its end. C2 2001-06-26_L708okk.j okk We will also level in this square, but starting at the southern end of f17, to find its end. C2 2001-06-27_L629OKK.J okk To level to the same elevation as in k1. C2 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk To level to the E in brickfall f23 and f9. To find the bottom of the andiron and wall f11 and any floor surface associated with them. To clarify the face of wall f11. C2 2001-06-28_L708okk.j okk to level to the E in brickfall f23 and f9. To find the bottom of the andiron and wall f11 and any floor surface associated with them. To clarify the face of wall f11. C2 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk To excavate the remainder of ac f23 in the NE quadrant. We also need to draw the section so that we might excavate to find a wall in the N section. C2 2001-07-12_L713okk.j okk To excavate in f75, the accumulation feature that is below the brickfall f23. There are two reasons for digging in this feature today; a) we have not yet found a floor surface that f11 and f27 are associated with and b)finding f71 and f85 has given us reason to believe that there might be a floor surface at least 10-20 cm below the current level of excavation. C6 2001-07-08_L709okk.j sb A portion of the wall behind the andiron has fallen down from the weight of the shovels. D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a1 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f3 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f4 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f8 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f9 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f11 D1a 2001-06-24_ZG114jW.j ed f14 D1a 2001-06-25_ZG114jW.j cc f15 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j sb f20 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j cc f23 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j cc f24 D1a 2001-06-28_ZG114jW.j cc f27 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f29 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f30 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f39 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f40 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j okk f75 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f80 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f81 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f85 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f86 D1a 2001-07-16_ZG114jW.j cc f98 D1a 2001-07-16_ZG114jW.j cc f99 D1a 2023-11-30_ZHy30jW.j jw f587 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i4 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i5 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i7 D1a 2001-06-24_L910okk.j okk q6 D1a 2001-06-24_L910okk.j okk q8 D1a 2001-06-24_L910okk.j okk q9 D1a 2001-06-25_L910okk.j okk q11 D1a 2001-06-25_L910okk.j cc q14 D1a 2001-06-25_L910okk.j cc q18 D1a 2001-06-25_L910okk.j cc q21 D1a 2001-06-26_L910okk.j cc q23 D1a 2001-06-27_L910okk.j cc q29 D1a 2001-06-27_L910okk.j cc q32 D1a 2001-06-27_L910okk.j cc q33 D1a 2001-06-28_L910okk.j cc q45 D1a 2001-06-28_L910okk.j cc q46 D1a 2001-06-28_L910okk.j cc q47 D1a 2001-06-28_L910okk.j cc q49 D1a 2001-06-28_L910okk.j cc q52 D1a 2001-06-30_L910okk.j sb q54 D1a 2001-06-30_L910okk.j okk q57 D1a 2001-06-30_L910okk.j okk q58 D1a 2001-07-01_L910okk.j okk q66 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q101 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q149 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q152 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q154 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q189 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q198 D1a 2001-07-15_L915okk.j sb q207 D1a 2001-07-15_L915okk.j sb q212 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q215 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r54 (40507 38185 - 8998 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r55 (40364 38567 - 9057 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r56 (39978 38414 - 9019 / Relay location: top of rebar) D20 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk m2596 D21 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-25_L916okk2.j okk 400N O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2 O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2a O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v2b O15 2001-06-23_L916okk.j okk v3 O15 2001-06-25_L916okk.j okk v4 O15 2001-06-26_L916okk.j okk v5 O15 2001-06-28_L916okk.j okk v8a O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v10 O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v10a O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v10b O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v10c O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v11 O15 2001-06-30_L916okk.j okk v14 O15 2001-07-08_L916okk.j cc v27 O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107 O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107a O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107b O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107e O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v276 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v276a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v29 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v29a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v30 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v30a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v30c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v56 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v57 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v59 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v61 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v62 A15k12 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5607 A15w63 ZH614 jW k12.jpg B11 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk Second square from N, to the immediate east of k2. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk We opened the square and went down in topsoil f35 in 15 cm pick runs. This square also slopes eastward about 20 degrees. C1 2001-07-03_L704okk.j okk There are two walls which form a corner of a room which faces south. Hussein and Ramadhan are digging in the acccumulation inside of this room. In the last three hours since the beginning of excavation they have dug about 20 cm. C1 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb the E-W wall is not defined, there are only a few horizontal bricks. gb suggested a vertical cut to see better. C1 2001-07-08_L709okk.j sb In k12 we went down on f55(ac next to wall) and found to the E border of the locus. A possible line of brick aligned N-S, reddish and a floor, of beaten earth, very hard. There is a large flat stone w/hole and many pebbles. To the W of the stone a possible drain running N-S, that goes towards k-11. okk suggested a link between the bricks in k12 and the hard basin in k11. Found traces of burnt brick in k12, same as in k11. C1 2001-07-13_L713okk.j sb To the south of the wall, Hussein dug f44, also bf, and after a few cm he found a floor. The new floor is f90 - it's very damaged, but interesting because underneath we see clearly the pebbles that form the subfloor. Same as we see in k13. C1 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk We began excavating in f44, south of wall f43 and within 10 cm found a floor surface. There is also a door socket that is embedded in wall f42. Although this appears to be a door socket, it has quite a large hole and appears to be very similar to the one in the floor f71 that could also be a basin. We excavated f67, the compacted mud, and found a row of large stones beneath it. It is unusual that beneath this feature there is a single row of large stones, whereas to the south (the portion of f70 which was visible before) there is a double row of smaller stones with a space between them that looks very much like a drain. We also excavated in f78 to find a floor surface associated with walls f31 and f13. In 10 cm of excavation there was no floor yet found. C1 2001-07-14_L722okk.j okk In k12 we excavated the doorway f92. Also we excavated in f44 to the south of wall f43 until the same level of floor f71, which is also the same level as pebble-sherd floor f53 in k13. After digging in the doorway we found a stone door sill, which is quite high, C1 2003-08-11_N811jw.j jw the section for the north baulk of k12 was drawn by bm as it had not been drawn during MZ14. Afterwards removal began by the team working in A17k2. C1 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw Sa'ud and Muhammad continued to remove the east baulk. Along the southern edge, a N-S wall f42 (MZ14) was cleaned carefully and the bricks examined. They are severely deteriorated and appear to have been of low quality. Some were laid vertically and can be seen to overlay an intact doorsocket associated with a stone threshold f92 (MZ14). (The position of the socket indicates that the area to the south was enclosed.) The floors on either side of the threshold have been clearly identified with Khabur Phase 5c. A N-S line of higher quality bricks seems to end north of the threshold. C1 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw Saud and Muhammad continued to remove the east baulk. Saud carefully excavated the wall f42, on the south side, exposing more of the pebble and sherd floor f511 in the SE corner (first seen in MZ14). C1 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw Saud and Muhammad finished removing the east baulk. We anticipate no further excavations in k12 this season. An unusual lens of hard-packed granular material A17f21 was found in both the northern quarter of the baulk and in the NW quadrant of A17k2. As part of it is in the east baulk of k11 and in the north baulk of A17k2, its nature will be clarified upon their removal next week. C2 2001-06-28_L629OKK.J okk To open this square. The problem here is that this square is the easiest place to bring the wheelbarrows for dirt removal. This is a consideration because if it is not possible to bring the wheelbarrows up to the side of the baulk it would necessitate at least one extra workman to be in a bucket line to bring the dirt from k1, k2 and k11 out to the dirt pile. It makes the most sense to open up this square next as opposed to opening up k13 or k14 because this square is most likely to be part of the same structural and cultural unit as k1, k2 and k11. It is the SE quadrant (oriented N) of a 20 x 20 m area adjacent to the area of Khabur settlement in A16. C2 2001-06-28_L708okk.j okk to open this square. The problem here is that this square is the easiest place to bring the wheelbarrows for dirt removal. This is a consideration because if it is not possible to bring the wheelbarrows right up to the side of the baulk it would necessitate at least one extra workman to be in a bucket line to bring the dirt from k1, k2 and k11 out to the dirt pile. It makes the most sense to open up this square next as opposed to opening up k13 or k14 because this square is most likely to be part of the same structural and cultural unit as k1, k2 and k11. It is the SE quadrant (oriented N) of a 20 x 20 m area adjacent to the area of khabur settlement in A16. C2 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk We will begin excavation in this square after laying an extra meter from the N baulk to create a 2m baulk for wheelbarrow access. C2 2001-07-05_L706okk.j okk We will continue to excavate in f55, the brickfall to the north of wall f43. C2 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb gb and fab agreed, said to remove the E baulk of k3. We will take a picture at 6:30 pm of E face of baulk with string. Print the photos, Dennis will draw the template by hand, then remove the baulks in k2 and k3. C2 2001-07-12_L713okk.j okk To excavate f69, the hard compacted mud found in k12 north baulk. C2 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk The initial strategy in this area is to excavate the accumulation in the doorway and to excavate the ac south of wall f43 until the level of the floor f71 and floor f53. We also will take a picture of f67, the compacted mud above f70, and then excavate it. This should clarify whether f70 is a drain or a stone foundation of a compacted mud wall or installation. C2 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw on N813 we will clean and photograph the situation as described. Then, we will remove f42 to determine its association with the Phase 5c features in k12 and the possible Phase 5d features in A17k2. D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a14 D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a15 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f35 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f42 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f43 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f44 D1a 2001-07-04_ZG114jW.j cc f55 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f67 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f68 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f69 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f70 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f71 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f72 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f73 D1a 2001-07-09_ZG114jW.j sb f74 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j okk f78 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f89 D1a 2001-07-14_ZG114jW.j sb f90 D1a 2001-07-14_ZG114jW.j sb f91 D1a 2001-07-14_ZG114jW.j sb f92 D1a 2001-07-15_ZG114jW.j cc f94 D1a 2001-07-15_ZG114jW.j cc f95 D1a 2001-07-15_ZG114jW.j cc f97 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f503 D1a 2003-08-13_N921jw2.j jw f511 D1a 2003-08-13_N921jw2.j jw f512 D1a 2003-08-13_N921jw2.j jw f513 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i13 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i14 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i15 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i16 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i30 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i31 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i32 D1a 2001-09-09_L909okk.j okk i77 D1a 2001-07-01_L910okk.j cc q67 D1a 2001-06-30_L915okk.j cc q72 D1a 2001-06-30_L915okk.j cc q73 D1a 2001-06-30_L915okk.j cc q77 D1a 2001-07-02_L915okk.j cc q78 D1a 2001-07-02_L915okk.j okk q82 D1a 2001-07-02_L915okk.j okk q86 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q92 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q95 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q98 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q100 D1a 2001-07-04_L915okk.j sb q104 D1a 2001-07-04_L915okk.j cc q110 D1a 2001-07-04_L915okk.j cc q112 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q114 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q117 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q122 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q127 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q132 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q136 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q143 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q146 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q147 D1a 2001-07-09_L915okk.j cc q164 D1a 2001-07-09_L915okk.j cc q165 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q173 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q177 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q179 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q184 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q188 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q190 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q192 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q196 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q197 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q199 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q202 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q203 D1a 2001-07-15_L915okk.j sb q208 D1a 2001-07-15_L915okk.j sb q211 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q213 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q216 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q217 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q218 D1a 2001-07-16_L915okk.j sb q219 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q486 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1114 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1123 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1124 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1130 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1137 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1143 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1145 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1149 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1154 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1155 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r46 (39515 38240 - 9122 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r47 (39892 38383 - 9052 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r48 (40033 38008 - 9010 / Relay location: top of rebar) D20 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk m2553 D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400N I99 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw excavations in A17k2, which shares the A15k12 baulk, have exposed a surface A15f12 upon which are a number of Khabur sherds. This surface is about one meter higher than the k12 Khabur 5c floors. One explanation for what we see is that f42 is brickfall from a Phase 5c wall bounding a room to the south of f92. Another is that f42 is a retaining wall for a subsquent Phase 5d Khabur worksurface in the SW corner of A17k2 represented by the A17f12 floor, which is bounded on the north by a line of stones A17f9 and east by a line of stones A17f5. I99 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw despite the removal of f42, we cannot positively state that it was a later Phase 5d retaining wall, although it is the most likely explanation since it is composed of bricks different from those of N-S wall f512 to the east and the associated E-W stub wall f113 to the north, which are in turn cleary associated with the threshold f92 and its accompanying door socket. O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v23 O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v23a O15 2001-07-08_L916okk1.j cc v31 O15 2001-07-08_L916okk1.j cc v31a O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v34 O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v34a O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v88 O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v88a O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v88b O15 2001-07-30_L917okk.j ed v88c O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107 O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107b O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107c O15 2001-08-22_L917okk.j ed v107d O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v276a O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v277 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v277a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v254b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v28 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v28a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v46 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v49 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v56 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v57 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v61 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v62 A15k13 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5611 A15w67 ZH614 jW k13.jpg B11 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk Third square from the N, to the immediate east of k3. C1 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk After finding brickfall in the E 1/3 of the square, we used the small pick and trowel to define the extent of brickfall f38. C1 2001-07-03_L704okk.j okk It now appears that in k 13 there are two new walls, the E-W wall is f50, the N-S wall is f51, the ac to the S of f50 is f46. Adnan is working there today. To the N of f50 is f51 which now appears to be accumulation on top of a pavement, f53. C1 2001-07-28_L812jlw1.j jlw removed wall, f50, sherd and pebble walkway, f53, and threshold, f308, along the north baulk and brick pathway, f51, along the east baulk. Began excavating accumulation, f56, which is very hard and dense with some soft pockets. This material is typical of the bottom layer of a gully, and is found here because this locus lies in the path of the lowest level of the modern gully, which runs E-W here. In section along the north baulk, noticed a layer of crumbly red packing, f309, possibly associated with the threshold, f308. C1 2001-07-29_L812jlw2.j jlw excavated the entire locus as accumulation, f56. There was relatively little pottery considering the amount of material excavated. C1 2001-07-30_L730jlw.j jlw began to remove the west baulk, which in actuality is the east baulk of k3. Cleaned a patch of bricks, f356, in the middle of the west half of the locus. (From time to time yesterday we noticed isolated pieces of partially baked bricks in the far SW corner.) The bricks were unusual in that they were laid edgewise, and with an orientation that suggested that they were not a part of the palace or Khabur architecture. The bricks were laid in a roughly rectangular pattern that suggested a grave. After relaying, we began to excavate the structure. The top layer of most of the bricks disintegrated almost on touch. About 5 rows on the east side were better preserved. Just a few centimeters to the south there was a partial ring of vitrified clay. Now it appears that the feature may actually be part of a pit kiln, with a diameter of about 1 meter and perhaps having an auxiliary chamber to the south, which may have been the source of the brickish chunks. Upon cleaning object q657.1, found in the vicinity, we discovered that it was a mold for casting bronze tools, strengthening the notion that these are the remains of a small industrial complex. C1 2001-07-31_L731jlw.j jlw photographed, v152, and then removed bricks, f356. Discovered that metal mold, q657.1, had fallen from N baulk into the excavated dirt pile, where it was found by a workman. We will relay the source, which is about 50cm above the kiln. This probably means that bronze was not smelted or cast in this location. However, we did find kiln waste and misfired pottery 50cm into accumulation, f327, and therefore presume that this was a place where successive industrial facilities were placed atop one another as residue accumulated. Excavated more than 50cm accumulation, f331, surrounding the accumulation, f327, directly below the bricks, f356. At the end of the day, encountered the edge of a pit, f334 in the SW corner of the W baulk. After cleaning in the morning, we will determine its significance, since it may have cut some bricks. Pottery in f331 was Khabur, with a number of painted shapes. C1 2001-08-01_L813jlw.j jlw leveled the locus. For record purposes, found evidence of a pit, f338, in the NW corner of the west baulk. C1 2001-08-18_L823jlw.j jlw following the outline of burned soil and pottery slag that appeared vertically in the north face of the south baulk and belonging to kiln, a31, we excavated a semi-circular ring of accumulation, f345, to the north of the south excavation limit. The containment became better defined as a rounded conical shape with the apex pointed downward. Towards the bottom, we found three intact small Khabur painted bowls (i213, i214, i215) and a part of another (i217) that had probably been left in the kiln after its last firing session. Next, we encountered a layer of ash, f347, that was above a plastered surface, f359. Also, we began to define containment of the north kiln by excavating accumulation, f327, the 2-meter cylinder of accumulation that was likely to enclose the kiln vessel. C1 2001-08-19_L823jlw.j jlw finished excavating layer, f347. In the accumulation, f349, surrounding plaster surface, f359, we found five more bowls of similar design (i219, i221, i222, i223, i225). Shifting our attention to the northern kiln, a30, whose identity as a kiln was first established by a layer of bricks (f356), we removed accumulation, f348. To better understand the relationship between the two kilns we began to excavate the accumulation separating them, f346. C1 2001-08-20_L823jlw.j jlw began to excavate the 75cm high portion of the north baulk of k14 which covers about half of kiln, f31. Then, began to excavate what by symmetry should have been the accumulation, f350, in the top of the south half of the kiln. Finished excavating accumulations f348 in kiln a30 and f349 in kiln a31. Excavated accumulation, f350, the body of a mini-bulk cut to understand the construction and use of the kiln. C1 2001-08-21_L823jlw.j jlw finished excavating accumulations, f351 and f353. Excavated a gray ash accumulation, f354, and a black ash accumulation, f355, at the bottom of kiln, a30. From the black ash came a very hard, well fired statuette of a woman, i226, whose torso was broken. Later, found the torso, q715.5, while sieving. Accumulation, f353, yielded the head of a woman, i225, fashioned in clay, that resembled that of the statuette in size and design. Accumulation, f355, also contained a ceramic crucible that would have held molten metal, q715.4. This is a general indication that the kilns may have been a part of an artisan complex where a variety of decorative and utilitarian objects were designed and made. Finished excavations and cleaned for final photographs, drawings and measurements. C1 2001-08-22_L823jlw.j jlw took final photographs and finished drawings and sketches. yt will analyze ceramics and other materials from the kiln and prepare drawings of signficant objects. C1 2003-07-12_N712MS.j ms we began removing f373 which is a homogeneous fill related to kilns and thus ph 5. f373 continues s into k14. There are lots of kiln related inclusions. C1 2003-07-17_N717MS.j ms continue removing f373. jw noticed that first sherds in the lot appear to be larger than usual. Also had i which is part of a andiron. C1 2003-07-19_N719MS.j ms continued going down in kiln accumulation f373. Now have reached the top of the upper of the two kilns from MZ14. The material remains fairly consitent although at times it seems there may be more gray and red material which is somewhat indicative of a kiln. We have not found any further evidence of this, however. We will continue to clean and scrape after pick runs to insure we don't miss any changes. C1 2003-07-20_N720MS.j ms still removing f373. Continuing to level of kilns and below. Kiln waste remains uniform. There are areas of red and gray that sometimes appear to be the start of kilns but none have panned out. We are perhaps reaching the end of the kiln waste to the n of the k. We can clean and scrape tomorrow to get a better idea. C1 2003-07-21_N721MS.j ms contined going down in f373, kiln accumulation. jo noticed in section a possible pit, f416 which continues into current deposition. It is similar to f373 fubt there are less inclusions and those are not as large. Exact depostion sequence is unclear. fab suggested it may be another clay bin like f155, but this is not sure. We will remove f373 coming from the w to see the face of this feature, if possible. This f also starts below bricks f377. Also have small pebble/sherd lens f415 at nw corner of k. This seems to e the edge of a pit whcih is seen in section of n baulk and cut by kilns and e edge of k3. C1 2003-07-22_N722MS.j ms removed level in f416 but no real differentiation seen. Key find today was major red layer around one of the kilns. The red accumulation is f417. At first we thought this was part of kiln waste but after further examination we believe it may be melted brick. We removed the inside of half the kiln and we can see red bricks in section. These types of bricks are an indicator of phase 2 and may mean ph2 structures here. However, ph5 is very, very low because of the kiln waste and it does not seem to make much sense to have ph5 cut ph2. It is too soon to tell and we will know more as we continue removing the kiln and surrounding material. C1 2003-07-23_N723MS.j ms went down in entire locus. gb examined the bricks in section in the kiln. They do not appear to be part of a structure but instead are part of kiln lining. Removed volcanic rock lining on other side of kiln. There is bricky matter but not bricks. This also burnt well from the heat of the kiln. There is an ashy gray lens near one of the kilns. It may be a pit but is more likely just very ashy kiln waste. jw scraped area at the end of the day and saw blue. lr stated she had blue in A16 in prior season and it was blue clay, a very good quality. Probably also associated with the kilns. The gray is 10YR 5/2, grayish brown. C1 2003-07-24_N725MS.j ms removed the small portion of the pit, f415 that was seen horizonatally at this level. Also went down further in f416 the accumulation that is similar to f373 but which seems to cut it. We have named the gray accumulation seen in section in the north kiln f420. We are excavating this down to the level of the orange bricky material. This level is very thick in section at the w edge of the kiln and gets progressively less thin to the east. We have already exposed a portion of this orange bricky material, f417 to the south of the kiln and are thinking this might be where the kiln begins. There are varying theories as to whether the kiln is the orange material and is put there, or whether it is cut by the kiln from above. Hopefully we will have an answer when f420 is removed. We continued removing f373 where it is still left in this locus. C1 2003-07-26_N726MS.j ms f420 was named on N724 to be the gray accumulation seen in section of the n kiln. It was determined to change all of what had been f373 to f420. Although this was seen in section it seems to spread throughout the locus and into k14 as well. Meezer is removing f420 from here and coming down on the orange surface, f414. Although we have not gotten the continuous surface between n and s of the kiln it will most likely connect. The buildup and packing of the kiln is much easier to see at this level. Will take photos in the morning. The kiln work area seems to be clear. We are also following the ashy area, f427 to get its differentiation from f417. Kiln waste continues. Northernmost kiln is a30, southernmost kiln is a31. Numbers assigned in MZ14. C1 2003-07-27_N727MS.j ms continue to go down in f420, kiln accumulation. Finding red surface f417 throughout the area, especially near the kilns. Uneven distribution and no clear boundaries. Will continue. We did find one small pit, f437. The fill is f436. C1 2003-07-28_N728MS.j ms f420 kiln waste seems to be petering out in much of the locus. f420 is still extant in the n part of the locus and it follows the cut of f416 which is seen in section. This is the same kiln fill but seems to cut the brown layer which is now appearing and may indicate the end of the fill. f442 is this level. The color is a rich brown with bricks or bricky material also seen when it is scraped. There are no kiln inclusions. f442 is starting to appear throughout although there is also a pocket if f420 to the s area of the locus. We also went down in the areas between the two kiln, a30 and a31. This is f417 and also seems to come down on f442. This may indicate that these two kilns were the original emplacements and were built up over time. f442 may not necessarily be ph3 but perhaps ph4 or the bottom material associated with the kilns. We will have a better idea as f420 is completely removed. Will take photos in the morning. Uncovered what may have been a kiln, f440, but we are at the bottom and have removed all the fill, f441. C1 2003-07-29_N729MS.j ms also removing what is left of kiln waste, f420. Finished cleaning out kiln f421 as there was just a little left in the bottom of the kiln. We have some remnants of the kiln area buildup throughout the locus and we are removing these to be completely done with the waste. We have alse cut back some of the western section which is two years old to see if we can get a sense of what is going on. Will examine further tomorrow. C1 2003-07-30_N730ms.j ms no digging because of baulk removal, n baulk. C1 2003-07-31_N731MS.j ms continued and probably finished removing what is left of f420, kiln waste. This is left in the n portion of the locus. Now coming down onto brown material, and we are unsure if this is the same as f442 because it is much lower. While scraping f442 some possible bricks, possible wall, were uncovered. This if f462. There is no section visible but we will remove bricks from inside the kiln, a30 to see if anything can be seen. Still have higher elevations throughout this locus of the end of kiln material merging with f442. This needs to be removed then we can remove the rest of the material uniformly. C1 2003-08-02_N802MS.j ms cleaned out f463, the lining of the n kiln, a30. There does not seem to be anything in section but brown accumulation, similar to the situation in k14, so we will go down with the big pick. There were, however, large stones at the bottom of the kiln which may correspond to the street just to the west. We have finished removing f417 which is the red area surrounding the kilns and have come completely to f442, the brown accumulation. C1 2003-08-03_N803MS.j ms 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. C1 2003-08-04_N804MS.j ms removed f477 which was the small area of what looked like reed matting remains. This was taken as a sample, i264. We also removed f462 which was the single course of bricks that seemed to look like a wall. In addition we removed the last remnants of f442 the accumulation directly below the kiln waste, f420. We scraped the entire area and have defined the outlines of f483 which is a dark brown area that seems to have a lighter outline of what fab says may be a type of non-porous clay. We will scrape the entire area tomorrow and define any new features and see what we have left of the kiln waste residue. The kiln waste intrusion was so deep that it does seem to cut into ph3 at a deep level. C1 2003-08-05_N805MS.j ms this locus continues to be key, yet is still a little difficult to understand because of the cuts and pits of phase 5 kilns and kiln waste. We should be pretty much out of the kiln waste, but perhaps have a little left in a f468 which is along the w the side of the locus. As we go down it appears to be a cut and probably ph5. Continued delineating f483 which is the reddish brown area which appeared on N804 after removing f462 red bricks. It now appears that this may be a continuation of these bricks. Had meeting with gb and fab and believe this may be the top of a ph 2 wall. Since it's the top it makes sense for it to be poorly preserved. The bricks are three courses wide with thick mortar in between which is not typical of the palace itself. The faces of the wall are not good and the courses are unclear. It is now thought that maybe the stones and sherds of f467 may be a foundation for this wall. We have differentiated between the accumulation to the north and south just to keep close watch on the features in the important area. f486 is the accumulation to the south and f487 is the accumulation to the north. We began removing both today to come up to the face of the wall, f483. C1 2003-08-06_N806MS.j ms finally finished removing f468 accumulation. This still had Khabur sherds so is definitely ph5. Went down past the bottom to the level of f467, the stone/sherd pavement and uncovered a baked brick which is part of this feature. Also declared f490 which is the street uncovered in MZ14. This stone/sherd pavement runs ns and parallel to w f383. Also removed more of f469 to the s of the kiln cut. This accumulatin may also be associated with the kiln waste, but is not as clear as f468. Have asked mkb to analyze the sherds from this f today. Have not been able to locate a good face for the w f483 from the west. Will continue tomorrow looking for the face and will start going down in f486 to the s. Also started removing f471. This is red bricky material we had left because it seemed to be brickfall or brickmelt. However, we seem to have found accumulation underneath and are removing it. C1 2003-08-07_N808MS.j ms finished remvoing f471 had have come down to a f493. This feature is also under f420 and the accumulation f487 which was directly n of f483, the wall. Still unable to find any face for this wall. jw thinks it is more likely to be a floor type installation rather than a wall. We will continue to look for the face. If it is the top of a wall, it would be very eroded at this point. Approached it from the south by continuing to remove f486. C1 2003-08-09_N809MS.j ms removed the last bits of f468 in the NW corner. Then began going down in f493, brown accumulations n of the wall, f483 in its EW course. f471 was removed on N807 but there appears to be a little bit more remaining. We found the beginning of small stones underneath this area and will examine further tomorrow. C1 2003-08-10_N810MS.j ms came down in accumulation f493 which is to the north of wall f483. This is fairly clean area, no floors but continuing to see poor face of wall on south. C1 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw Yestafad and Muhammad Kher 2 excavated accumulation f551, which lay below several levels of sherd pavements. Copious amounts of pottery and three clear seal impressions were recovered. At the same time, we continued to explore the southern extent of the wall foundation f544. It seems likely to be associated with wall f520. To the south we are seeking to determine whether the stone and sherd work surface f208 is deeply founded. If not it is likely to be no earlier than Phase 2 and will be removed. C2 2001-07-01_L709okk.j okk To continue excavation in this square and clarify the nature of f33, an accumulation layer with bricks. C2 2001-07-05_L706okk.j okk To clarify the extent of walls f in this square and the nature of the possible floor surface f56. C2 2001-07-28_L812jlw1.j jlw remove the features currently exposed and excavate rapidly to reach the level of the Phase 2 palace structure, some two meters below. C2 2001-07-30_L730jlw.j jlw tomorrow, L731, we will define the perimeter of the kiln and clean it thoroughly in the morning for photography. Afterwards it will be removed. C2 2001-08-18_L823jlw.j jlw we found evidence for at least two kilns, a30 and a31, in the locus during the regular MZ14 excavation season. However, due to the press of time and the need to deploy resources to higher priority loci, we were not able to excavate them. We had planned to do so in a following season. yt and jlw visited the locus on L815 as part of a general inspection of the site and discovered some unusual types of kiln waste in kiln a30 that included sheep/goat dung preserved in clay slag as well as animal bones, both of which would have served as fuel during the operation of the kilns. We decided to take advantage of yt's expertise to excavate both kilns outside the regular season using a small team of 4 skilled workmen, because she believed that the kilns were of a type not well documented. C2 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw tomorrow we will continue to excavate here to determine the extent of floor f557. We expect to reach packing f505 and and fill f507 which can be seen in section and overlays f557 to the south. C99 2001-08-19_L823jlw.j jlw at the time the MZ14 excavation season closed, we believed that we would not excavate any more this year, so the entire volume of material was improperly designated a kiln, f327. We will redesignate the bricks as f356 and the accumulation within the containment as f327. Furthermore, it is now apparent that the containment was a large hole dug into the ground to whose sides the burned soil and melted pottery slag adhered, gradually building to a thickness of 10cm or more. We have designated these containments as cuts, f357, for kiln, a30, and f358, for kiln, a31. C99 2001-08-20_L823jlw.j jlw the accumulation that would have been equivalent to f350 in the north part of the kiln had been excavated without recognition of the fact that it was the contents of the body of a kiln. This was only seen in section after the digging took place. 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2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1248 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1257 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1281 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1320 D1a 2003-08-25_N920jw1.j ii q1321 D3 2001-06-20_L819JW2.R jlw r453 (39021 37820 - 8816 / Relay location: S baulk N face) D3 2001-06-20_L819JW2.R jlw r454 (39182 37629 - 8829 / Relay location: S baulk N face) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r45 (39049 38064 - 9038 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r61 (39561 37831 - 8963 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r62 (39421 38201 - 9067 / Relay location: top of rebar) D3 2001-08-01_L813JW3.R vp r416 (39067 38062 - 8921 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-01_L813JW3.R vp r417 (39415 38198 - 8921 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-01_L813JW3.R vp r418 (39252 37589 - 8774 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-01_L813JW3.R vp r419 (39597 37745 - 8774 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-18_L818JW.R yt r420 (39512 37889 - 8839 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-18_L818JW.R yt r421 (39238 37901 - 8824 / Relay location: k13) D3 2001-08-19_L819JW2.R jlw r446 (39444 37750 - 8765 / Relay location: W baulk) D3 2001-08-19_L819JW2.R jlw r447 (39211 37690 - 8765 / Relay location: W baulk) D3 2001-08-19_L819JW2.R jlw r451 (39123 37864 - 8840 / Relay location: S baulk S face) D3 2001-08-19_L819JW2.R jlw r452 (39234 37622 - 8815 / Relay location: S baulk S face) D3 2001-08-20_L820JW1.R jlw r456 (39163 37621 - 8811 / Relay location: k13 SB) D3 2001-08-20_L820JW1.R jlw r458 (39090 37567 - 8805 / Relay location: k13 SB) D3 2001-08-20_L820JW1.R jlw r459 (39017 37806 - 8805 / Relay location: k13 SB) D3 2001-08-20_L820JW1.R jlw r460 (39239 37615 - 8812 / Relay location: k13 SB) D20 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk m2552 D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400N O15 2001-07-02_L916okk.j okk v15 O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v24 O15 2001-07-05_L916okk.j cc v24a O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v35 O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v35a O15 2001-07-10_L916okk1.j cc v35b O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v169 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v273 O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v180 O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v180a O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v180b O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v180c O15 2003-07-13_ZH330jW.j jw v181 O15 2003-07-23_ZH330jW.j jw v194 O15 2003-07-23_ZH330jW.j jw v194a O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v197 O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v197a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201a O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v206 O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v211 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v247 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v152 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v152a O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v152b O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v152c O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v155 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v157 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v158 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v158a O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v160 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v160a O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v162 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v162b O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v162c O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v163 O15 2024-01-11_ZI111jW.j jw v51c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v38 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v38a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v52 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v52a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v53 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 A15k14 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5615 A15w71 ZH614 jW k14.jpg B11 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk The 4th square from the N, to the immediate east of k4. C1 2001-07-08_L709okk.j sb in k14 we dug down of 20-40 cm to remove all the soft soil until we reached the hard ac which is the same of k13 and k3, the bed of the wadi. The wadi bed seems oriented from ESE to WNW. gb thinks that the wadi path was formed following the line of the palace wall, and the below the ac in k3 there may be the continuation of the palace wall. C1 2001-08-27_L827jlw1.j jlw two rectangular pits were dug into the accumulation in k14. It was once thought that they were verigation chambers to mix clay for the Phase 5 pit kilns nearby, which are approximately at the same elevation. The ceramic manufacturing specialist, yt believed that they may have been places where ash from the kiln operations was dumped. The alkaline from the ashes would combine with fine loess particles to form a hard, dense, fine-grained accumulation. To test this hypothesis, we carefully scraped the top of the SW corner of k14 to determine how far to the east this material, seen in the east face of the east baulk of k4, extends. Careful cleaning revealed that althgh the block is about 2m high it is less than 50cm in width. To the north is a much softer, redder accumulation. The block of material resembles the pise cement used in foundations for Phase 5 architecture in A9. It now is likely that this combination of features is the NW corner of a room enclosed with pise walls. The walls have been assigned feature numbers f C1 2003-07-12_N712MS.j ms we began removing f372 which is a homogeneous fill with few inclusions. f376 are large stones which serve as a natural division with the s portion of f373 from k13. C1 2003-07-17_N717MS.j ms finished removing f 372 and f392. Still trying to find connections between f384 pebble/stone fl, and sherds to n. Bitumen painted sherd in f384 indicates a probably ph4, and Khabur sherds under f392 are younger. This may be coincidental. The sherd layer continues under f 392 which is the soil between f373 and pebbles of f384. We have named the sherd layer f 399.There is a cut line corresponding to the clay bin of MZ14, f155. Also just to the n of f376, large stones, there seems to be a difference in compaction and color of f373. We have called this f395. jw says it may indicate the beginnings of a kiln. C1 2003-07-19_N719MS.j ms cut between f384 stone/sherd floor and f399 sherd layer is fairly clear. Took pictures in the am. C1 2003-07-20_N720MS.j ms removed sherds from f384, sherd/pebble layer. It seemed as though the floor continued more to the n but it was only a single line of sherds that continued. We did find one Khabur sherd in this area but it ismore to the east and in a less compacted area than the bitument painted sherd. Also removed sherds from sherd layer f399. Uncovered bu f408 just north of the pedestal we have left for the large stones, f376. It is unusual because it does not appear to be a burial placement but instead is just a skeleton dumped in the middle of the kiln waste. There is no cut and apparently no burial goods. Meesa is excavating the skeleton and it will probably be ready for photos and removal tomorrow. Bones are i236, hb. C1 2003-07-21_N721MS.j ms finished removing f384 stone/sherd floor. Ahmad followed floor or sherds too deeply and dug a small hole inadvertantly. Named f414 to be the accumulation under this floor and to differentiate the sherd lots. Removed rest of f414 up to the edge of a f372. Also removed sherds from rest of f399 sherd floor. Continued cleaning hb f408. There are move bones to nw, possibley from same skeleton but may be another. These bones are also in a jumble. C1 2003-07-22_N722MS.j ms started going down again in f372 towards east baulk. Fill remains consistant. Also removing f399 accumulation. Sherds have been removed. Will examine tomorrow to se if the accumulation is similar to f372 or is this still aprt of the clay bin, f155. flp drew skeleton and it was removed. Khabur sherd was lodged next to one of the bones. C1 2003-07-23_N723MS.j ms removed more of f372. When the rest of the baulk is removed tomorrow we should be able to delineate the connection between f407 and f372. We can also begin to examine the gray accumulation and attempt to define it's boundaries. C1 2003-07-24_N725MS.j ms this area, f372 is at a higher elevation than k13 and we need to bring it down to be more even throughout. We may begin to work from the clay bin, f155 to the east towards the stones to see how much further the bin continues. We should see the connection between k15 and k14 on Saturday. We also removed the lining from the south kiln which is partially in k13. The kiln lining is f421. C1 2003-07-26_N726MS.j ms still working in f399. This is still contained on the n by a cut with f373 which has become f420. In section it is still possible to see the sherds of the beginning of this f399. Above it the accumulation was more like f372 to the s, below the sherd level, it is more like the accumulation to the north, but the cut still seems to exist. Came down on sherds seen in section in of bin, f155. It is a small layering of sherds but does not appear to be a floor. We have named this pc f430. Took photos v196. C1 2003-07-27_N727MS.j ms kept going down in f430. This is still kiln accumulation but there appeared some pockets of brown clay like material in s portion. It was thought the clay bin, f155, of MZ14 extended into this area. This is the only possible evidence we have of this so far. Decided to remove what was thought to be the bin lining running ew on s side of f155, bin and have uncovered red, bricky clay. This is f433. We will remove another few cm of this material and scrape and clean it well to see if it is brick or clay or fill. There seems to be a footing at the bottom of the level. Again, it may be part of the bin or something else and we will look more closely tomorrow. C1 2003-07-28_N728MS.j ms cleaned and scraped well f433 the red bricky material to the south of the bin. This may or may not be a phase 3 wall cut by the kiln bin or associated material. Or it may still be part of the bin. Kiln waste is still seen in section of f430 along with a small portion of f433. We started cleaning out the kiln waste in f430 to delineate the brown material as much as possible. We also name f438 as the accumultion under the clay bin, f155. Still trying to understand how the kilns and associated material cut and connect with the ph3 material. C1 2003-07-29_N729MS.j ms continued removing f430 and it still seems to be the last remnants of kiln accumulation. The red bricky areas of f433 do not seem to extend any further than already seen in section. Continued removing what's left of f420 in the rest of the locus to come down to f442 all over. C1 2003-07-30_N730ms.j ms no digging but uncovered f457 under f438 while cleaning after baulk removal. Per jw at first glance it appears to be a brick floor but we will examine further tomorrow. C1 2003-07-31_N731MS.j ms finished removing f438 accumulation to come down onto bricky accumulation, possible wall, f457. This area is very important because it may show how the possible cut of the kiln waste pit into phase 2 walls. The red bricky area of f457 seems so contain, to the south, the kiln material. So we have phase 5 cutting into phase 2 walls, if it follows through this way. Again, it is very important that we go down slowly n of this cut to find as much information as possible. jw had a corner cut out of sw corner of f422 to see if anything was visible. Nothing is seen. C1 2003-08-02_N802MS.j ms continued removing f442 moving north looking for possible face of f462, bricks in k13. Nothing outstanding was seen. There does not seem to be anything but brown accumulation in this area so we will start using the big pick to bring it down to the level of f457 which is the bricky area, possible wall. C1 2003-08-09_N809MS.j ms went down in f486 brown accumulation to n of wall f486. There seems to be another course appearing under this accumulation. This is along the NS course of the wall which had been a single row previously. The face of the EW section is clearer here as well. Also removed more accumulation w of f486. f499 is a small trench that was created inadvertantly and runs along this part of the wall. Will examine further to see if the face continues here. C1 2003-08-10_N810MS.j ms continued removing f486 to the south and east of w f483. This is thought to be inside room fill. We are saying that f486 is bounded by f483 on the north and west, and by f457 on the south. That is how we are digging the accumulation. We will attempt to find face of f457 if it is a wall rather than a floor. C1 2003-08-11_N811jw.j jw Stef continued to excavate a block of accumulation f486, possibly the contents of a room contained by wall f485 to the north and west and wall f457 to the south. Pottery is being analyzed to determine the phase. A thin red coating on the south face of brick wall f485 is well preserved and can clearly be seen from wall top to the depth of excavation of f486. Two conical cups, i267 and i268 as well as a complete grindstone i269, were found in this accumulation today. C1 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw Muhammad Kher is now excavating f486, which continues to yield an unusually rich group of artifacts. jw noticed conical cup sherds and as well as other pieces of delicately made pottery typical of Phase 2. Item 274 was a large piece of bronze. There were several patches of white material characteristic of decayed vegetation. One curiosity was a line of three small circular brownish deposits which look like post holes. C1 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw Muhammad Kher continued to excavate accumulation f486. The pace was quite slow and there were relatively few artifacts recovered. There are large objects still imbedded in the accumulation and the red plaster face on wall f is still clearly visible. C1 2003-08-16_N816jw2.j jw Muhammad Kher, Masum and Abd el-Karim continued to remove accumulation f486 which we presume overlays one of the palace floors. This presumption was strengthened today when we found fragments from a small, delicate stone cup (i280) and two other large ceramic cups with thinner walls than we have encountered here to date. The strategy of putting three excellent pickmen here paid dividends due to the symbiotic effect of cooperative effort. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j jw at the beginning of the day we closed f486, accumulation, and opened f518, the accumulation just below. We did so because it began to contain more whole, relatively delicate simple ware vessels. Muhammad Hair noticed evidence of a line of bricks along the southern edge, which had been cut by Phase 5 pits. This is probably the north face of E-W wall f457, which until now we have been unable to find with certainty. Yestafad began to seek the west face of N-S wall f520 by excavating the accumulation f519 immediately to the west of where we believed it would be. Although the wall appears to have been cut by another one of the large pits, we did find a layer of stones and sherds typical of the transition point between the lower stone and upper brick parts of Phase 2 walls. Further excavations in k3 tomorrow will help clarify the situation. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j ms found the east face of f483 and foundation of sherds and stones. Gave new feature number, f518 to accumulation below f486. Started to remove accumulation f519 to the west of f483 N-S wall. Attempting to find west face wall f520, either bricks or stones/sherds. C1 2003-08-18_N818jw.j jw Muhammad Hair and Sa'ud continued to remove accumulation f518 from the space bounded by walls on the north, south and west sides. Today the accumlation became noticeably harder and filled with more ashy deposits. It is difficult to predict when the associated floor will be reached. At the end of the day, a line of flat stones f526, about 110 cm long, was uncovered just inside the east face of N-S wall f520. C1 2003-08-19_N819jw.j jw Saud, Muhammad Kher, and Stef finished excavating the room a36, having reached a floor, f534. The floor is made up of several elements, including a granular white clay over most of the area, with stones, sherds and baked brick along the western and southern edges. C1 2003-08-20_N820jw.j jw Muhammad Kher began to excavate accumulation f539 from west to east, looking to see if the wall corner f544 was deeply founded. C2 2001-07-12_L713okk.j okk To finish excavating f66, the gully wash in k14. When we have finished excavating this feature, we will have full exposure of the gully bed (except for the baulk between k3/k4 and k13/14). C2 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw we will continue to excavate slowly, searching for a floor, which we expect to be part of Phase 2. C2 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw on N816 we will have at least one additional pickman detailed to us from A10 and we will put him here to accelerate the pace of excavation. To reach the floor surface covered by f486 is one of the primary goals of this excavation season. D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a53 D1a 2001-07-03_ZG114jW.j cc f49 D1a 2001-07-07_ZG114jW.j cc f61 D1a 2001-07-07_ZG114jW.j cc f63 D1a 2001-07-07_ZG114jW.j cc f66 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f88 D1a 2001-07-15_ZG114jW.j cc f96 D1a 2001-07-24_ZG114jW.j ed f138 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG114jW.j sb f155 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG114jW.j sb f160 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG114jW.j ed f163 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG114jW.j ed f168 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG114jW.j ed f169 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG114jW.j ed f185 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG114jW.j ed f192 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG114jW.j okk f211 D1a 2001-08-28_ZG114jW.j ed f231 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f372 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f376 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f377 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f383 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f384 D1a 2003-07-16_N921jw1.j ms f392 D1a 2003-07-17_N921jw1.j ms f395 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f399 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f401 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f408 D1a 2003-07-21_N921jw1.j ms f414 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f421 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f428 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f430 D1a 2003-07-26_N921jw1.j ms f433 D1a 2003-07-28_N921jw1.j ms f438 D1a 2003-07-28_N921jw1.j ms f440 D1a 2003-07-28_N921jw1.j ms f441 D1a 2003-07-30_N921jw1.j ms f457 D1a 2003-08-07_N921jw2.j ms f499 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw2.j jw f518 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw2.j jw f519 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw2.j jw f520 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f525 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f526 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw2.j jw f531 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw2.j jw f534 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f567 D1a 2003-07-17_N808MS1.j lf i232 D1a 2003-07-17_N808MS1.j lf i233 D1a 2003-07-20_N808MS1.j ms i236 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i242 D1a 2003-07-23_N808MS1.j ms i243 D1a 2003-07-24_N808MS1.j ms i248 D1a 2003-07-28_N808MS1.j jw i257 D1a 2003-07-28_N808MS1.j jw i258 D1a 2003-07-31_N808MS1.j ms i259 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw.j jw i267 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw.j jw i268 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw.j jw i269 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i270 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i271 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i272 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i274 D1a 2003-08-16_N921jw.j ms i276 D1a 2003-08-16_N921jw.j ms i277 D1a 2003-08-16_N921jw.j ms i280 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i281 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i283 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i284 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i285 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i286 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i287 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i288 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw.j ms i295 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw.j ms i298 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw.j ms i314 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw.j ms i325 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw.j ms i326 D1a 2003-08-25_N921jw.j jw i337 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q99 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q103 D1a 2001-07-04_L915okk.j cc q109 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q115 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q125 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q140 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q141 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q142 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q151 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q156 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q169 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q181 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q185 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q186 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q195 D1a 2001-07-24_L915okk.j ed q326 D1a 2001-07-25_L915okk.j ed q338 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q370 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q373 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q375 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q377 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q380 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j cc q384 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j cc q385 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j cc q386 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j cc q389 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j cc q393 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q394 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q400 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q409 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q412 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q415 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j cc q417 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j cc q418 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j cc q419 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q420 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j ed q421 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j cc q427 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j ed q438 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j ed q442 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j cc q447 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j cc q451 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j ed q460 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j ed q462 D1a 2001-07-29_L915okk.j ed q463 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j ed q481 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q499 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q500 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q501 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q508 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q509 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q512 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q514 D1a 2001-07-30_L915okk.j cc q515 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j ed q516 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q528 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q529 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j okk q575 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j okk q576 D1a 2003-07-12_N726jw4.j ms q728 D1a 2003-07-12_N726jw4.j ms q730 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q731 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q732 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q734 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q736 D1a 2003-07-15_N726jw4.j lf q739 D1a 2003-07-15_N726jw4.j ms q744 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q750 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q763 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q765 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q779 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q780 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q792 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q794 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q795 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q796 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q797 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q798 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q799 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q800 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q801 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q805 D1a 2003-07-22_N915jw.j ms q811 D1a 2003-07-22_N915jw.j ms q814 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q819 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q828 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q830 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q843 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q850 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q851 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q857 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q858 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q863 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q864 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q871 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q872 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q874 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q879 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q880 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q884 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q886 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q889 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q890 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q893 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q895 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q917 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q922 D1a 2003-08-02_N919jw.j ii q927 D1a 2003-08-05_N919jw.j ii q966 D1a 2003-08-06_N919jw.j ii q984 D1a 2003-08-07_N919jw.j ii q987 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q995 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q999 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q1103 D1a 2003-08-10_N920jw.j ii q1109 D1a 2003-08-10_N920jw.j ii q1110 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1116 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1120 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1121 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1129 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1136 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1139 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1151 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1160 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1161 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1168 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1171 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1172 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1177 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1182 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1183 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1196 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1205 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1208 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1211 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1214 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1218 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1221 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1223 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ii q1230 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1258 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1269 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1276 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1277 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1278 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1283 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1286 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1287 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1288 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1289 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1290 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1291 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1293 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ms q1298 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1300 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1301 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1308 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1309 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1313 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1318 D1a 2003-09-18_N920jw1.j jw q1330 D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r66 (39095 37653 - 8934 / Relay location: next to rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r67 (38955 38033 - 9022 / Relay location: next to rebar) D3 2001-07-13_L713OKK.R okk r68 (38581 37892 - 9034 / Relay location: next to rebar) D20 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk m2550 D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400E D21 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk 400N O15 2001-07-31_L917okk.j ed v94 O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v179 O15 2003-07-13_ZH330jW.j jw v181 O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184b O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v185 O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v185a O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v185b O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v186 O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v186a O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v186b O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v189 O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v189a O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v189b O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v189c O15 2003-07-20_ZH330jW.j jw v189d O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v197 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v203 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214c O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214d O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-21_ZH330jW.j jw v233a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v247 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v162c O15 2024-01-11_ZI111jW.j jw v51c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v45 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v45a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v48c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v51d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v53 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v53a A15k15 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5619 A15w75 ZH614 jW k15.jpg C1 2001-07-26_L812jlw.j jlw backfill cleared before breakfast. Afterward, began excavating topsoil, f306. C1 2001-07-28_L812jlw1.j jlw finished excavating topsoil, f306, immediately under which was gully wash accumulation, f307, which was removed. Under this was a N-S line of broken bricks, f312, along most of the east side, a stone and sherd surface, f310, in the south half, extending roughly diagonally from the SE corner, NW to the middle and accumlation, f311, primarily in the north half and far SW corner. After removing these, there was another line of bricks, f318, in the SE corner, which were possibly a lower course of f312, that had been overlaid by the stones, f310. C1 2001-07-29_L812jlw2.j jlw continued to excavate accumulation, f311, primarily in the east part of the locus. Began to see evidence of a N-S line of bricks along the east baulk in the NE quadrant, f323, and an associated floor surface, f322, in the north half of the locus. C1 2001-07-30_L730jlw.j jlw at the beginning of the day, we cleaned thoroughly the floor, f322, and the wall, f323, in preparation for photographs. After the photograph, v151, we removed them. Beneath the floor, was accumulation, f325. After digging about 20 cm, we began to encounter much harder material, f328, along the northern edge, which abutted the much softer accumulation, f325, to the south. We originally thought that this may have been a wall. However on the last pick run, the features seemed to merge into material that more resembled f325. We found no traces of a wall. Due to confusion between a volunteer student and her supervisor, a separate pottery lot was not assigned to f328. C1 2001-07-31_L731jlw.j jlw continued to dig accumulation, f328, which absorbed accumulation, f325, to the north. q664 was mis-labeled as coming from f325 when it actually came from f328. Encountered somewhat different material under f325/f328. Designated accumulation, f335. In it were 3 large jars along the north baulk, i206, i207, and i208, which were removed for possible restoration. At the end of the day, ceased excavating this locus in favor of higher priority work in other loci in the final days of the season because we have no chance of reaching the floor level of the palace, which is over 1.5 meters below where we are now, with the available workforce. C1 2001-07-31_L823vp1.j vp Anwar and Mizar, after the cleaning, started to remove the jars along the N baulk; i206 to 1208. It was possible to see that the soil within the jars was of the same colors of the accumulation that they sat in, but it was softer. There were two strips of accumulation; the first was f325, the second f328. At the end of the day, Anwar removed them. C1 2003-07-19_N719MS.j ms cut back and scraped sections in baulks and along a f380 to get an idea of the relationship among all the walls of the aggregate, a33. Assigned addtional feature numbers to walls. jw noticed a course of half bricks as part of f379. He says this in indicative of two walls next to each other rather than a single wall. The half course and other two courses are to the w of f379 and are f405. The same seems to be true for f375. We have assigned f406 to the western course of bricks. f407 is the accumulation between the baulk area s to the section beneath a f380. Started going down in this area. C1 2003-07-20_N720MS.j ms continued going down in f407, accumulation. Originally kept to lines of baulk but have decided to remove what's left of baulk to get continuation between k15 and k14. Uncovered small pebble layer in ne cornder of k. This is f409. Consists of small rounded, gray pebbles and goes into the baulk, which is another reason to remove baulk. This is not seen in section on the other side. f407 is dark brown and seemingly damp. This seems to be the same material in the baulk. C1 2003-07-21_N721MS.j ms removed more of n baulk leaving a section for the point. We will remove this when we get more points. Stone/pebble lens, f409, continues into this baulk but barely extends half way. Seems to go into pedestal for a little bit as well. Gray area f412 is also in this baulk and in w baulk as well. It seems to be a pit, but we did not define the top. Ramadan is digging it out. There is a large stone which is sitting in the middle of the gray material but does not seem to have any connection with anything else at the moment. C1 2003-07-22_N722MS.j ms continued cleaning gray area f412. Took photos of pebble lens f409. This can be removed. Took down f386, gully wash portion of baulk with k5. Possible continuation of wall f405. Will need to examine further. C1 2003-07-23_N723MS.j ms went down evenly throughout f407. Large stone seems to be in th emiddle of pit f412 and probably fell in and does not appear related to other features so we can remove it tomorrow. Since we have new points we can remove the last of the baulk, see the extent of f409, pebble lens, and remove it. fab suggested removing walls. C1 2003-07-24_N725MS.j ms took down the remaining piece of n baulk and also removed pebble lens f409. It did not extend into the baulk at all. We went down in f407, the accumulation throughout the locus. We cleaned and scraped well to get any type of differentiation. Pit f412 seems to continue but we may be at the end of it. There seems to be an additional gray lens to the south and there may be a different, browner accumulation in the e of the locus but total differentiation is unclear. Will look further on Saturday and determine whether new feature numbers are needed. C1 2003-07-26_N726MS.j ms Ramadan finished cleaning out fi f424 in pit f425. We then began digging the trench ns along the e baulk. This is f426. C1 2003-07-27_N727MS.j ms Still going down in the trench, f423, but not as quickly as had hoped because Steff and Yestafat have found several items including i251, piece of cart, i254, si. mkb says at first glance the si is dated to the post-imperial Akkadian era. These all come from the same area inside the trench. We may want to open the trench horizontally in this area to get a fuller picture of what's going on. There also seem to be differentiations in the levels but not enough to create a new feature. C1 2003-07-28_N728MS.j ms continued trench f426 but also began digging in square. We named the upper level of accumulation f439. We will give each level we go do a different feature number until features become apparent. We removed the first 20cm of k15. C1 2003-07-29_N729MS.j ms continued going down in trench, f426. Uncovered a layer of stones and sherds in s edge of trench. This is f454. To the w of the trench, we finished removing accumulation f439 without any noticeable differentiation and continued going down with new feature f444. This is also a homogeneous accumulation but we noticed the start of an ashy layer near the northern edge and adjacent to f433. The ashy layer is f450. We followed f450 to the south a have uncovered what may be a floor, f451. This was at the end of the work day so we will examine more closely tomorrow. C1 2003-07-30_N730ms.j ms no digging because of baulk removal. C1 2003-07-31_N731MS.j ms continued working slowly in the trench, f426 but with no new material found. We also finished removing the accumulation f444 s of the ashy material, f450 and red surface below f451. This accumulation had no special features but now that it is removed we are able to follow the ashy layer more cleanly. We will excavate this first thing on Saturday so it will be visible in the daily picture. It is seen in the e section of the trench but does not seem to run very far to the s. We outlined a pit in what is left of the baulk and cleaned this out. The cut of the pit is f460 and the fill is f459. This was seen clearly in the e section of k5, although it was not noticed during excavations in k5 in MZ14. gb states this may be part of the huge gray accumulation he was trying to find the boundary for. We have cleaned most of it out but have been careful because it is adjacent to the jar installation, a34 in k5. C1 2003-08-02_N802MS.j ms followed red surface, f451 by removing ashy layer, f450. In e section, adjacent to trench f426, it is very clear and easy to follow. It was here we found a cache of beads, i260. Several were frit, three of gold and one lapis lazuli. This may be the same elevation as the items found in f426 in a similar accumulation. Those were the cart piece, i251 and si, i254. In w portion it seemed as though the accumulation above the ashy layer was thicker and we might have lost the layer. We assigned this thicker layer of brown f464. fab also scraped a found a different color of accumulation at the s end of the square. Some of this change in color seems to correspond to f459 the sherd layer at the s end of f426. We did not stop at this change because the ashy layer followed under f464. At the end of the day and after cleaning it seems the ashy layer covers the entire square, but only patches of the floor, f451 exist. We will look more closely tomorrow. C1 2003-08-03_N803MS.j ms 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. C1 2003-08-04_N804MS.j ms declared f381 which appeared first as a dip in the middle of the locus after following f451 and removing f450. It now seems to be a pit instead. Removing fill, f381, but have not reached the end yet. Also declared f478 which is red bricky material in an L-shape in the w section of locus, into k5. This almost looks to be part of an andiron. To the west and contained by f478 is ashy fill, f479 contained by pit f480. We removed the fill and have reach a red bricky bottom. This may extend further east into the locus rather than be totally contained by f478. We will examine this further tomorrow. This feature was cut by the larger and later pit, f460. Also began removing the sherd layer, f454. This will be totally removed tomorrow. Also declared f482 which is a bricky mass in f426, the trench. jw thinks it may be part of an ew wall. There are stones associated with this so it may be the remains of a wall, or just brickfall. We will examine further tomorrow. C1 2003-08-05_N805MS.j ms finished removing the sherd layer, f454. This really seemed to sit in a pit because there is a dramatic cut with the material in the rest of the locus. We have named the rest of the feature fill f488 and have begun removing this. We will watch the pottery from here to see if Khabur sherds continue to appear. It is important to pay attention to this cut in order to insure we really have ph4 throughout the rest of the area. C1 2003-08-06_N806MS.j ms continued going down in f488 the cut. We seem to be reaching the end. This is a darker brown and somewhat damper accumulation. We are now seeing the cut in section. It is an interesting cut because it has a straight side rather than a round pit type. Also began removing a small patch of accumulation f372 which still exists in the locus. We did not do too much work in this area because of the pictures but will continue in the pit f481, and removing fl f451. C1 2003-08-07_N808MS.j ms continued removing f372 for a while, but for the most part removed red black surface, f451 and are coming down on brown accumulation f491. Pit f481 is also practically removed. Uncovered more of f482 which may be more accumulation than wall. It will be looked at more on Saturday. C1 2003-08-09_N809MS.j ms finished removing the fill f481 from pt f498, and the fill f459 from pt f460. The fill f481 was burnt ashy, red material. Under f491, the accumulation there is a red bricky material but no bricks seem to be there. It is very important that we understand what is happening as we go down in this area because of the association with the jar floor, a34, in k5. After meeting with gb, fab, jw and ms we decided to move in from the north and remove the entire section up to where the a34 installation begins in k5. This will give us a good section and we will have a better idea of what is happening and why the installation remained so intact. We began by removing a portion of f433 from the north. However, this appears to be part of a wall as there may be plaster on the south face. f433 is red bricky material and the north face was cut by the clay bin for the kilns, f155 which is why it was not seen before. This may also be related to the bricks of f457. C1 2003-08-10_N810MS.j ms still some fill or pit f460 left. We removed everything to the north of a34 jar installation. Came down on sherd layer which is apparently the eastern continuation of f208. We are working around the wall f433 and moving carefully to have clean features and lots for analysis. Seem to have found the eastern facing face of w f433 seen in section. Will continue identifying and removing cuts and older features. Continued removing f372, accumulation to come down on f482, possible wall. C1 2003-08-11_N811jw.j jw Mizar continued to remove the accumulation f491 west of the expected west face of wall f433. More of the pebble and sherd floor f208 was exposed, as was a new pot-smash f504. Tomorrow we expect that he will have excavated far enough east to reach the bricks of f433. Ramadan finished removing the small platform of accumulation f372 and began excavating north from the south edge of f491. C1 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw Mizar contined to excavate the south face of f491. No bricks from the expected west face of f433 were encountered. However the section revealed a clear demarcation between accumulation f491 and a cleaner browner one below, designated f509. Ramadan continued to excavate the bulk of f491, moving from south to north in successive pick runs. Late in the day, he encountered a dense reddish accumulation, designated f509. It runs N-S and if it were the residue from a wall, it would be in an appropriate location to form the eastern boundary of a room containing the jars of a34 which have been exposed just to the west in k5. Mizar also removed 20 cm of the pit fill f420 which occupies the space between the jars a34 and the block of accumulation f491 to the east. C1 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw Stef continued pick runs through accumlation f486, belived to lie atop the floor of an enclosed room. i270, a cylinder seal, i271 a bowl, and i272 a large cup (left in place) were found. There are sherds from at least one large jar decorated with a rope motif, but most of the sherds are from more delicate vessels. C1 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw Mizar continued to excavate an exploratory trench along the northern edge, while Ramadan concentrated on excavating from the top down of accumulation f491, which covers the northern two-thirds of the locus. We did not see any evidence that the line of reddish accumulation extended past the limits observed at the end of yesterday. gg took an overhead photograph of this locus supplemented by features in k4, k5 and k14 to show the patches of red material scattered with gray accumulations. It is hoped that they may guide our excavations in search of Phase 2 architecture. Item 273 consists pieces of a large shallow bowl of unusual design. C1 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw we assigned Aldare, a detailed pick trainee, to work with Ramadan to accelerate the pace of excavation of accumulation f509. An unusually large quern i275, laying on its side, was partially exposed. It is roughly 60cm square and at least 30 cm deep. Mizar excavated the fill of a pit f514 which had been cut into the NW corner of f491 and f509. C1 2003-08-16_N816jw2.j jw Work here proceeded at a slightly quicker pace today. Mizar finished excavating the fill from a very large pit. We attempted to determine whether the line of reddish material along the south baulk f508 was a wall top. Pick runs from the east and west revealed that it was most likely a brick wall. If so, it would probably form the eastern boundary of the space to the west in k5 that contains the large jars. Ramadan continued to remove the accumulation f509. fab postulated that the large stone basin i279 may have been the socket for the main gate. Both this and a slightly smaller hollowed out stone in k4 have inside diameters of 30cm, which would accommodate the large posts expected to be at either end of a formal entrance door. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j jw Ramadan and Muhammad Kher continued to clear the accumulation f509 found in most of the locus. Mizar tried with some success to find the north, east and west faces of wall f508. After the meeting with gb et. al., we decided to remove all of accumulation f521 which overlaid the jar room, a34. Mizar and Muhammad Hair did so in an afternoon work session, finding the west face of wall f520 in the process, as well as the transitional sherd and stone layer to large stones below the bricks. C1 2003-08-17_N817jw.j ms finished removing fill f459 from pit cut f460, just north of wall f509. Really pressing to find the west face of f509. This would hopefully be the eastern edge of the jar installation a34 in k5. Slowed down by 3-D photography so moving into wall from east. Also attempting to find S face of possible was f433. This may only be one or two courses thick - damaged by bin, f155. C1 2003-08-18_N818jw.j jw Ramadan and Muhammed Kher leveled and scraped the accumulation f509 throughout the entire locus, which contained relatively large quantities of sherds. In doing so they positively identified the east face of the N-S wall f508, which was cut by a succession of pits. Upon scraping after the last pick run, we noticed a N-S line of bright red plaster f527 which demarked the east face. The color of the plaster was similar to that which coated E-W wall f483 in k13. At the end of the day we finished excavating here for the MZ16 season, forgoing the opportunity to reach the associated floor this year. With regards to the red line, jw noticed a 20cm segment of it several days ago, but attempts to trace it further were fruitless. C2 2001-07-31_L823vp1.j vp we will continue to dig the N half of locus. C2 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw on N813 we will excavate f491 carefully to expose f509 from the east and west so that we can determine whether it is a wall or a pocket of red accumulation from some other source. C2 2003-08-12_N812jw.j jw on N813, Muhammad Hair and Abd el-Rahman will be detailed to us from A10 and will contine to excavate f486. We will contine to immediately analyze pottery lots to get a positive identification of the phase. The red plaster on the south face of brick wall f485 continues to appear across its entire length. C2 2003-08-14_N815jw2.j jw we will continue to excavate carefully with big picks so that we can define the extent of the collection of large jars which begins along the east edge of k5 and extends into k15. C2 2003-08-17_N817jw.j jw tomorrow we will take the final photo in the daily progress series, remove the camera mount, take the 3-D photos of the jars, then remove the entire assemblage of jars to conservation for restoration. D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a35 D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a42 D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a50 D1a 2001-07-26_ZG115jW.j jw f306 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f307 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f310 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f311 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f312 D1a 2001-07-28_ZG115jW.j jw f318 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG115jW.j jw f322 D1a 2001-07-29_ZG115jW.j jw f323 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG115jW.j jw f325 D1a 2001-07-30_ZG115jW.j jw f328 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG115jW.j jw f335 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f374 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f375 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f378 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f379 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f380 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f385 D1a 2022-01-28_ZG128jW.j jW f386 D1a 2003-07-15_N921jw1.j ms f388 D1a 2003-07-16_N921jw1.j ms f393 D1a 2003-07-17_N921jw1.j ms f396 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f406 D1a 2003-07-19_N921jw1.j ms f407 D1a 2003-07-20_N921jw1.j ms f409 D1a 2003-07-21_N921jw1.j ms f412 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f424 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f425 D1a 2003-07-24_N921jw1.j ms f426 D1a 2003-07-28_N921jw1.j ms f439 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f444 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f450 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f451 D1a 2003-07-29_N921jw1.j ms f454 D1a 2003-08-02_N921jw1.j ms f464 D1a 2003-08-03_N921jw1.j ms f470 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw1.j ms f481 D1a 2003-08-04_N921jw1.j ms f482 D1a 2003-08-05_N921jw2.j ms f488 D1a 2003-08-06_N921jw2.j ms f491 D1a 2003-08-06_N921jw2.j ms f498 D1a 2003-08-11_N921jw2.j jw f504 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw2.j jw f508 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw2.j jw f509 D1a 2003-08-14_N921jw2.j jw f514 D1a 2003-08-14_N921jw2.j jw f515 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw2.j jw f521 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f527 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw1.j vp i206 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw1.j vp i207 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw1.j vp i208 D1a 2003-07-19_N808MS1.j lf i234 D1a 2003-07-22_N808MS1.j ms i239 D1a 2003-07-27_N808MS1.j ms i251 D1a 2003-07-27_N808MS1.j ms i252 D1a 2003-07-27_N808MS1.j ms i254 D1a 2003-07-28_N808MS1.j jw i256 D1a 2003-08-02_N808MS1.j jw i260 D1a 2003-08-03_N808MS1.j jw i262 D1a 2003-08-04_N808MS1.j ms i264 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i273 D1a 2003-08-12_N921jw.j ms i275 D1a 2003-08-16_N921jw.j ms i278 D1a 2003-08-17_N921jw.j ms i282 D1a 2001-07-26_L915jlw.j vp q608 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q610 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q612 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q620 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q624 D1a 2001-07-28_L915jlw.j vp q625 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q633 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q637 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q640 D1a 2001-07-29_L915jlw.j vp q646 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q648 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q651 D1a 2001-07-30_L915jlw.j vp q658 D1a 2001-07-31_L915jlw.j vp q664 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q733 D1a 2003-07-13_N726jw4.j lf q737 D1a 2003-07-14_N726jw4.j ms q738 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q748 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q749 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q752 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q753 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q754 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q755 D1a 2003-07-16_N726jw4.j lf q756 D1a 2003-07-17_N915jw.j ms q761 D1a 2003-07-19_N915jw.j ms q773 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q777 D1a 2003-07-20_N915jw.j ms q784 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q788 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q790 D1a 2003-07-21_N915jw.j ms q804 D1a 2003-07-22_N915jw.j ms q807 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q818 D1a 2003-07-23_N915jw.j ms q825 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q834 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q835 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q844 D1a 2003-07-24_N915jw1.j ii q848 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q852 D1a 2003-07-26_N915jw1.j ii q859 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q865 D1a 2003-07-27_N915jw1.j jw q873 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q881 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q885 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q887 D1a 2003-07-28_N915jw1.j jw q888 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q894 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q896 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q898 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q900 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q903 D1a 2003-07-29_N915jw1.j ii q905 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q916 D1a 2003-07-31_N919jw.j ii q918 D1a 2003-08-02_N919jw.j ii q928 D1a 2003-08-02_N919jw.j ii q932 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q954 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q955 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q956 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q960 D1a 2003-08-04_N919jw.j ii q961 D1a 2003-08-05_N919jw.j ii q965 D1a 2003-08-05_N919jw.j ii q967 D1a 2003-08-05_N919jw.j ii q970 D1a 2003-08-05_N919jw.j ii q971 D1a 2003-08-06_N919jw.j ii q977 D1a 2003-08-07_N919jw.j ii q989 D1a 2003-08-07_N919jw.j ii q990 D1a 2003-08-07_N919jw.j ii q992 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q996 D1a 2003-08-09_N919jw.j ii q998 D1a 2003-08-10_N920jw.j ii q1106 D1a 2003-08-10_N920jw.j ii q1107 D1a 2003-08-10_N920jw.j ii q1108 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1115 D1a 2003-08-11_N920jw.j ii q1127 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1132 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1134 D1a 2003-08-12_N920jw.j ii q1138 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1142 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1144 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1148 D1a 2003-08-13_N920jw.j ii q1150 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1153 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1156 D1a 2003-08-14_N920jw.j ii q1157 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1163 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1164 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1165 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1166 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1169 D1a 2003-08-16_N920jw.j ii q1170 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1174 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1175 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1178 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1179 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1180 D1a 2003-08-17_N920jw.j ii q1181 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1184 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1190 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1194 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1202 D1a 2003-08-19_N920jw1.j ii q1203 D3 2001-08-01_L813JW3.R vp r415 (38489 37866 - 9024 / Relay location: k15) D99 2001-07-26_L812jlw.j jlw this locus was on a steep slope. We measured the elevation at several points, but recorded the highest one for the record (9024) as the starting point for excavating the topsoil, f306, in order to keep the features underneath in a logical sequence of elevations. However, some features in the lower western portion were discovered, measured, and recorded before the east part of the topsoil, f306, was fully excavated. As a result there is a greater variation in elevations of early features than would otherwise be expected. After the locus was leveled, all elevations fit the order in which they were discovered. I99 2003-08-13_N813jw.j jw mkb and jo are analyzing sherds from f491. In one q-lot, q1115, they noticed a mix of Phase 4 and Phase 2 sherds. We believe that this occurred as a result of the excavation of a west to east trench alongside wall f433, to inspect a possible plaster face on it southern side. The trench is about a meter deep and the lot contained sherds from throughout. We will modify our strategy to excavate horizontal slices within the trench, each with its own q-lot, now that we know that we are transitioning phases. O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v267 O15 2003-07-09_ZH330jW.j jw v267a O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v178 O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v178a O15 2003-07-12_ZH330jW.j jw v178b O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184 O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184a O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184b O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184c O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184d O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184e O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184f O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v184g O15 2003-07-16_ZH330jW.j jw v187 O15 2003-07-22_ZH330jW.j jw v191 O15 2003-07-22_ZH330jW.j jw v191b O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198 O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198a O15 2003-07-29_ZH330jW.j jw v198b O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199 O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199a O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v199b O15 2003-07-31_ZH330jW.j jw v200 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v201a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202 O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202a O15 2003-08-02_ZH330jW.j jw v202b O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204 O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204a O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v204b O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v205 O15 2003-08-03_ZH330jW.j jw v205a O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v207 O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v207a O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v208 O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v209 O15 2003-08-04_ZH330jW.j jw v209a O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210 O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210a O15 2003-08-05_ZH330jW.j jw v210b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v212b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214 O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214a O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214b O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214c O15 2003-08-06_ZH330jW.j jw v214d O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215 O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215a O15 2003-08-07_ZH330jW.j jw v215b O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216 O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216a O15 2003-08-09_ZH330jW.j jw v216b O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217 O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217a O15 2003-08-10_ZH330jW.j jw v217b O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218 O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218a O15 2003-08-11_ZH330jW.j jw v218b O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219 O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219a O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v219b O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v220 O15 2003-08-12_ZH330jW.j jw v220a O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221 O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221a O15 2003-08-13_ZH330jW.j jw v221b O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223 O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223a O15 2003-08-14_ZH330jW.j jw v223b O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v224b O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225 O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225a O15 2003-08-16_ZH330jW.j jw v225b O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226 O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226a O15 2003-08-17_ZH330jW.j jw v226b O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227 O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227a O15 2003-08-18_ZH330jW.j jw v227b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228 O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228a O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v228b O15 2003-08-19_ZH330jW.j jw v230 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v248 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v151 O15 2022-01-17_ZG117jW.j jw v153 A15k21 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5604 A15w60 ZH614 jW k21.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Far northeast square surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used and ultimiately incorporated into escavation unit A17. A15k22 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5608 A15w64 ZH614 jW k22.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Square immidiately to the south of k21 surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used and ultimiately incorporated into escavation unit A17. A15k23 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5612 A15w68 ZH614 jW k23.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Square immidiately to the south of k22 surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used and ultimiately incorporated into escavation unit A17. A15k24 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5616 A15w72 ZH614 jW k24.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Square immidiately to the south of k23 surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used and ultimiately incorporated into escavation unit A17. A15k25 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5620 A15w76 ZH614 jW k25.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Far southeast square surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used and ultimiately incorporated into escavation unit A17. A15k91 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5601 A15w57 ZH614 jW k91.jpg B11 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc Northernmost square, directly west of k1. D1a 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a54 D1a 2001-08-21_ZG114jW.j okk f221 D1a 2001-08-21_ZG114jW.j okk f222 D1a 2001-08-21_ZG114jW.j okk f223 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f582 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f583 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f584 D20 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc m2096 D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400E D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400N G1 2023-12-12_ZHz12jW.j jw a54 O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v103 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v250 A15k92 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5605 A15w61 ZH614 jW k92.jpg B11 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc Second square from N, directly west of k2. C2 2001-07-21_L818okk.j sb open a new locus, small, down N of k94, a red bricky platform to the N of large stones of palace wall. C2 2001-07-22_L722okk.j okk In k92 we will continue to dig in f108, the red packing or levelling material probably associated with the palace. D1a 2001-07-21_ZG114jW.j ed f108 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f133 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f134 D1a 2001-07-31_ZG114jW.j ed f186 D1a 2001-08-20_ZG114jW.j okk f219 D1a 2001-08-20_ZG114jW.j okk f220 D1a 2001-09-06_ZG114jW.j okk f233 D1a 2001-07-23_L909okk.j ed i43 D1a 2001-07-21_L915okk.j okk q250 D1a 2001-07-22_L915okk.j ed q263 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j ed q295 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1282 D20 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc m2095 D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400E D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400N O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v103 O15 2001-08-21_L917okk.j ed v104 A15k93 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5609 A15w65 ZH614 jW k93.jpg B11 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc Third square from N, directly west of k3. C1 2001-08-28_L828jlw1.j jlw measured elevations of portions of the well, f145. Did a limited excavation of the lining to look for a connection to the drain, f226. None found, but there is a ledge in the well that is exactly the same elevation as the closest part of the drain, which carries water from north to south. C1 2003-08-18_N818jw.j jw Sultan and Ju'an from A14 excavated accumulation f522 which surrounds the well. It seemed very red and granular, which is typical of floors and subfloors, none of which could be identified. A number of large, flat stones were uncovered, but they were not organized horizontally or vertically. C1 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw Ramadan continued to excavate an exploratory trench f549 to the south of the E-W line of large stones f537. He on the north side of the trench he found that only the westernmost two are deeply founded, and we concluded that the others, some of which are quite large, had been robbed and reused in a later phase. On the south side of the trench, he found another deeply founded stone in a N-S line with the ones on the north side. In the process of cutting a section on the east face, he verified that the brick floor f558 discovered in k3 extended at least that far to the west. C1 2003-08-23_N823jw.j jw Ramadan determined that no stones link the E-W wall f537 with the north face of a N-S wall immediately to the south (it may be a continuation of wall f563). He found that the first two stones are deeply founded on a matrix of fill and small stones about one meter below the top. In addition, he found two large stones at the lower elevation f565 that are further to the east than the corner should be and not in line with either wall, but their function is problematic. C2 2003-08-22_N822jw.j jw we will continue digging down for at least 10cm to ascertain whether the middle "gap' was occasioned by robbing or represents a doorway. D1a 2003-08-27_N921jw3.j jw a40 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f128 D1a 2001-07-23_ZG114jW.j ed f136 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG114jW.j ed f145 D1a 2001-07-25_ZG114jW.j ed f148 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG114jW.j ed f205 D1a 2001-08-26_ZG114jW.j ed f226 D1a 2001-08-26_ZG114jW.j ed f227 D1a 2001-08-28_ZG114jW.j ed f229 D1a 2001-09-17_ZG114jW.j okk f236 D1a 2003-08-18_N921jw2.j jw f522 D1a 2003-08-19_N921jw2.j jw f537 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw2.j jw f540 D1a 2003-08-20_N921jw2.j jw f541 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw2.j jw f549 D1a 2003-08-23_N921jw2.j jw f565 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f570 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f571 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f572 D1a 2001-08-01_L909okk.j ed i72 D1a 2001-08-01_L909okk.j ed i74 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j dc q305 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j dc q309 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j dc q311 D1a 2001-07-25_L915okk.j ed q359 D1a 2001-07-25_L915okk.j ed q364 D1a 2001-07-25_L915okk.j ed q365 D1a 2001-07-26_L915okk.j ed q378 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j ed q523 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j ed q526 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q558 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q559 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q560 D1a 2001-08-26_L915jlw.j jw q719 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1188 D1a 2003-08-18_N920jw.j ii q1192 D1a 2003-08-20_N920jw1.j ms q1237 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1246 D1a 2003-08-21_N920jw1.j ii q1251 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1262 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1271 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1280 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1305 D1a 2003-08-25_N920jw1.j ii q1322 D20 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc m2178 D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400E D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400N O15 2001-07-28_ZI203jW.j ed v113 O15 2001-09-17_L918JW.J jw v169 O15 2003-08-24_ZH330jW.j jw v241 O15 2003-08-24_ZH330jW.j jw v241a O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v246 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v252 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 A15k94 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5613 A15w69 ZH614 jW k94.jpg B11 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc Southernmost square, directly west of k4. C1 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk After excavation in this area, it is clear that the hard accumulation covers half of the square diagonally, from the NE corner to the SW corner. Beneath this ac is a patch of sherd pavement and then the large stones which continue from the south, excavated as A12. C2 2001-07-14_L714okk.j okk To continue excavating the accumulation in this square and find the extent of the hard layer continuing westwards from k4 and the stones below. C2 2001-07-14_L722okk.j okk We will continue to excavate in k94, just until the bottom of the feature, when we reach the top of the stones and find the limit of the hard layer in this locus. D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f83 D1a 2001-07-14_ZG114jW.j sb f93 D1a 2001-07-18_ZG114jW.j okk f101 D1a 2001-07-18_ZG114jW.j okk f105 D1a 2001-07-21_ZG114jW.j sb f106 D1a 2001-08-01_ZG114jW.j ed f206 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw2.j jw f555 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw2.j jw f556 D1a 2003-08-22_N921jw2.j jw f557 D1a 2003-08-23_N921jw2.j jw f563 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f568 D1a 2003-08-24_N921jw2.j jw f575 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f576 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f578 D1a 2003-08-30_N921jw2.j jw f580 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q194 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q201 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q204 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q205 D1a 2001-07-14_L915okk.j sb q206 D1a 2001-07-19_L915okk.j sb q237 D1a 2001-07-19_L915okk.j sb q241 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j ed q291 D1a 2001-07-23_L915okk.j dc q306 D1a 2001-07-24_L915okk.j ed q323 D1a 2001-07-28_L915okk.j cc q425 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q551 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q553 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q561 D1a 2001-08-01_L915okk.j ed q564 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1268 D1a 2003-08-22_N920jw1.j ii q1270 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1279 D1a 2003-08-23_N920jw1.j ii q1284 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1299 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1303 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1307 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1310 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1311 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1312 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1315 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1316 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1317 D1a 2003-08-24_N920jw1.j ii q1319 D1a 2003-08-25_N920jw1.j ii q1323 D1a 2003-08-25_N920jw1.j ii q1324 D1a 2003-08-25_N920jw1.j ii q1325 D3 2003-08-17_N917JW.R jw r1016 (38916 37054 - 8628 / Relay location: top) D20 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc m2547 D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400N D21 2001-07-12_L916okk2.j cc 400W O15 2001-07-23_L916okk1.j ed v67 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v245 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v246 O15 2003-08-27_ZH330jW.j jw v253 O15 2024-01-11_ZI111jW.j jw v51c A15k95 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_W23d5617 A15w73 ZH614 jW k95.jpg D99 2023-06-15_ZH615jW.j jW Far southwest square surveyed at the beginning of excavations. Not used because it had been excavated in prior seasons. A15k100 A35 2038-06-16_ZH616jW.j jW L_V14d3171 A15v56 L718 jff.jpg B11 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk Locus which is defined by the outer edges of house a16. r21,74,70,72,119 define its northern edge. It includes the northern baulk of k1 and half the northern baulk of k11. C1 2001-07-03_L709okk.j sb the large jar i10 is broken, upside down as the incised decoration at the bottom suggests. Such decoration is never at the bottom of a jar. So the jar has been reused although broken, and was embedded in the niche. It is possible that in the first use of this room, the room's walls and the niche were plastered, and that in a second time this jar was inserted in the niche, blocked with bricks, and the brick was replastered. C1 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb gb is saying that in k100, the NE part behind the andiron, and next to the wall f7 may not be a wall as expected. We don't see clear bricks but a mortar line. C1 2001-07-08_L709okk.j sb in the NE part Faris has finished digging. gb came and said he is as baffled as we are. In the NW part, near the large jar we found i17, a clay artifact, a kind of mushroom shape. Also, more flat bricks and a mud platform along the wall. C1 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk In this locus we took out the rest of the vessels that were part of a couple of pot smashes and decided that we would excavate some of the accumulation above floor f21 in the doorway to the eastern room to see if the floor continues from aggregate 1 into the adjoining room. We also took pictures in this aggregate in order to document the state of the wall (or not wall). In particular we were trying to document that both of the walls don't appear to be very well preserved walls; one of the walls has holes in it that have water laminations, the other has an animal hole and small dirt holes. We are going to try to find the face again, but every time we try to find the face of the E-W wall it seems to disappear. Thus we took a photo in case it disappeared. C1 2001-09-05_L905okk.j okk We excavated vessel i3 first, then vessel i10, and recorded them with pictures and took them out for possible reconstruction. C2 2001-07-03_L709okk.j sb We have to find the face looking E of the wall f7, which is still hidden under brickfall. This is behind the andiron. C2 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb gb suggests to remove part of the baulk, to see the relationship with the possible wall. C2 2001-07-11_L722okk.j okk Some considerations about the four northern squares, k1,k2,k11,k12. It is interesting to consider what type of use area it might have been, especially because we have a good floor in floor f21 and some interesting assemblages: we have pot smashes that represent at least seven vessels on the floor as well as five vessels from the bin. There is also two vessels in the northern part of the room, one in the niche and one in front of the doorway. There is also the quern and the hearth. C2 2001-07-12_L713okk.j okk To excavate the remainder of f64, the accumulation above the floor f87. C2 2001-09-05_L905okk.j okk We decided to excavate the two vessels which have remained in k100, and then the andiron tomorrow, attempting to preserve the bridge. D1a 2001-07-01_L916okk3.j okk a13 D1a 2001-06-30_ZG114jW.j sb f37 D1a 2001-07-04_ZG114jW.j cc f54 D1a 2001-07-04_ZG114jW.j cc f60 D1a 2001-07-07_ZG114jW.j cc f64 D1a 2001-07-07_ZG114jW.j cc f65 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j okk f76 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j okk f77 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f84 D1a 2001-07-10_ZG114jW.j dc f87 D1a 2001-09-05_ZG114jW.j okk f232 D1a 2001-06-27_L909okk.j sb i3 D1a 2001-07-03_L909okk.j sb i17 D1a 2001-09-09_L909okk.j okk i76 D1a 2001-07-03_L915okk.j cc q102 D1a 2001-07-04_L915okk.j cc q105 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q118 D1a 2001-07-05_L915okk.j sb q121 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q128 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q129 D1a 2001-07-07_L915okk.j cc q131 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q148 D1a 2001-07-08_L915okk.j cc q153 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q170 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q171 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q172 D1a 2001-07-10_L915okk.j dc q174 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q176 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q178 D1a 2001-07-11_L915okk.j cc q180 D1a 2001-07-12_L915okk.j sb q187 D20 2001-06-28_L916okk2.j okk r74 I99 2001-07-07_L709okk.j sb The house in k1 is the latest phase, phase b, and there is no phase c. The doorway is clear, but we don't know if it is a connection between 2 rooms or between our side and inside. O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v21 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v21a O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v21b O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v21c O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v21d O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j cc v22 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v20 O15 2001-07-03_L916okk.j okk v20a O15 2001-07-09_L916okk1.j cc v32 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v40 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42 O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42a O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42b O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42c O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v42d O15 2024-01-30_ZI130jW.j jw v54 A15k101 B11 2001-07-31_L916okk2.j cc Relays r247 to r250 define the boundary of this locus. D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j ed q527 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q534 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q536 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q537 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q538 D1a 2001-07-31_L915okk.j cc q539 D3 2001-08-15_L815OKK.R okk r247 (38995 37222 - 8862 / Relay location: top of ac) D3 2001-08-15_L815OKK.R okk r248 (39128 37271 - 8862 / Relay location: top of ac) D3 2001-08-15_L815OKK.R okk r249 (39208 37034 - 8862 / Relay location: top of ac) D3 2001-08-15_L815OKK.R okk r250 (39071 37005 - 8862 / Relay location: top of ac) D20 2001-07-31_L916okk2.j cc r247