| 2017-7-28 | aP |
Today we decided to remove the eroded stones which were placed south to the wall that we noticed in k13. Below the stones we found the same kind of soil, very compact and graysh. We decided to select some q-lots ( f103: q329, q332, q 335) in order to date the erosion of the stones. |
| 2017-7-29 | aP |
today we showed to mkB the material coming from the last layer of k13: f125, q354 which at a first sight seems Mittanic (with a shard of conical cup). We think that f125, q354 and q359 could also be interesting as samples of Mittanic material. May be it could be interesting to look also at the material coming from k3. The last q-lots excavated in this unit are f112, q299 and q304. This layer, however, is brickfall so the material will be mixed. |
| 2004-7-4 | mH |
The first feature of interest in J02 in terms of dating is the tannur feature f9 and its fill f10 in k14 attached to the middle of the southern baulk of the unit. We did not find a proper floor associated with it although we did find a hard, compacted layer of soil to the west of it, which I termed lb. This is f12. The next features of interest are stone formations or stone groupings in k4, k5 and k14. These are lower in elevation than the tannur in k14. I have labeled the stone features as follows: stones in k4 are f27, in k5 they are f24, and k14 they are f26. While these stones do not seem to form a coherent structure, they clearly are the result of human activity and thus the date for these would be of interest. They are located underneath and mixed with soil deposition that seems like natural accumulation. I have given different feature numbers for the soil just immediately above or surrounding the stones as follows: in k4 the soil around and between the stones is f22, in k5 it is f16 and in k14 it is f15. The appropriate q-lots to pay attention to with respect to these features are: f12 "working floor" associated with the tannur: f12q29; f10 (tannur fill): f10q28; f9 (removing the tannur, i.e soil underneath it): f15q39; soil ( f15) around and mixed with the stones in k14 ( f26): f15q30, f15q37, and f15q35; soil ( f22) around and mixed with the stones in k4 ( f27): f22q47 and f22q50; and soil ( f16) mixed with and associated with stones in k5 ( f24): f16q31 and f16q34. |
| 2004-7-19 | aP |
since we have almost finished to clean all the open area western to the big German trench we decided to choose some q-lots of pottery with the goal of dating this homogeneous level. In fact, following the sections and the collapsed stones, it's possible to notice a regular alignment in all the squares ( k3, k13, k4, k14, k5, k15). We chose f65, q188 and f65, q186 for k15 and f32, q85 and f32, q90 for k3 since we have already selected some q-lots from k4 and k14. |
| 2004-8-1 | aP |
with the aim of having a general perspective of the ceramic material present in JO2 I think that could be interesting to analyze also some of the pottery found removing the western side of the German trench (for us it's the eastern baulk of k4 and k5). The goal is checking if this material is Mittanic or it could be Khabur. The q-lots I choose come from the last 20 cm of the feature: f110: q356, q344, q316. |
| 2004-8-1 | aP |
with the aim of having a general perspective of the ceramic material present in JO2 I think that could be interesting to analyze also some of the pottery found removing the western side of the German trench (for us it's the eastern baulk of k4 and k5). The goal is checking if this material is Mittanic or it could be Khabur. The q-lots I choose come from the last 20 cm of the feature: f110: q356, q344, q316. |