; File processed on 2023-11-19 J4s1-JPA A21 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j !! German Trenches B10 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC German Trenches B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Modern B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This stratum has been assigned to the activities that took place in modern times, in particular, is related with the trenches dug in the tell terrace in the 2001 excavation season during a investigation of this portion of the tell mound by a team of the university of Tubingen directed by Prof. Peter Pfalzner. B11 2010-02-12_U212SC3.j sC This stratum has been assigned to the activities that took place in modern times, in particular, is related with the trenches dug in the tell terrace in 2001 during a investigation of this portion of the tell mound by a team of the university of Tubingen directed by Prof. Peter Pfalzner. I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f61 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f65 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h8-JPA J4s1-MZA B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Accumulations part of the build-up of the tell surface between excavation seasons I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f51 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f52 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f68 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f69 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f70 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f71 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f81 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s2-MZA B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This stratum is related with the toposoil and the accumulations below the topsoil that build-up the upper portion of the tell surface. B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Toposoil and accumulations that build-up the upper portion of the tell surface I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f1 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f2 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f3 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f4 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f6 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f15 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f22 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f24 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f27 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f31 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f42 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f87 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f114 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f115 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f138 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s2a-MZA A21 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j !! Erosion of Tell B10 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Erosion of Tell B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This substratum is related to washed-layers and erosion-layers of the tell surface; within this substratum various isolated limestones have been found, as a consequence of the erosion of the tell surface. B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Washed-layers and erosion-layers of the Tell surface I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f5 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f17 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f18 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f88 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f94 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f117 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f138 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f164 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s3-MZA B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Scattered occupation in upper layers I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f165 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s5-MZA A21 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j !! Build-up of tell B10 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Build-up of tell B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Below the topsoil layer (s2), we have been digging basically the same type of accumulations in all the J04 loci investigated in the 2006 excavation season (k71-74, k61-64). The accumulations found were all wind and water-born in nature, with the build-up formed by the wind-blown soil being almost 2m in depth, as it is visibile in the long N-S section of J04 unit (cfr. v32 and related subviews). Generally, the first 10cm below the topsoil layers were still rich in organic materials (given the presence of several bushes on the topsoil). All the accumulations below the topsoil layer, especially in the first 50cm, consisted generally of a very regular layering. The water-born accumulation were characterized, on the top surface, by a hard and smooth-regular surface, and immediately below, by several layers of small pebbles, settled on the basis of their size (some of these were cleary visible, for example, in the north section of k72). While removing the natural accumulations below the topsoil layer, pottery sherds, bones and -sporadicly- some items and q-items have been recovered. Their presence is related with the erosion of the tell surface: this, in fact, is not material that is associated with any human presence or activity within J04 unit in this time period. B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Natural accumulations below the topsoil layer (aprox. 1m deep) B11 2010-02-12_U212SC3.j sC Below the topsoil layer (corresponding to s2), we have been digging basically the same type of accumulations in all the J04 loci investigated in the 2006 excavation season (k71-74, k61-64). The accumulations found were all wind and water-born in nature, with the build-up formed by the wind-blown soil being almost 2m in depth, as it is visibile in the long N-S section of J04 unit (cfr. v32 and related subviews). Generally, the first 10cm below the topsoil layers were still rich in organic materials (given the presence of several bushes on the topsoil). All the accumulations below the topsoil layer, especially in the first 50cm, consisted mostly of a very regular layering. The water-born accumulation were characterized, on the top surface, by a hard and smooth-regular surface, and immediately below, by several layers of small pebbles, settled on the basis of their size (some of these were cleary visible, for example, in the north section of k72). While removing the natural accumulations below the topsoil layer, pottery sherds, bones and -sporadicly- some items and q-items have been recovered. Their presence is related with the erosion of the tell surface: this, in fact, is not material that is associated with any human presence or activity within J04 unit in this time period. I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f7 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f8 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f9 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f13 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f14 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f23 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f25 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f26 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f28 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f29 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f30 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f32 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f33 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f34 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f35 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f36 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f37 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f38 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f43 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f44 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f45 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f54 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f56 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f57 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s5a-MZA A21 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j !! Erosion of Tell B10 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Erosion of Tell B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Tell surface wash and erosion within build-up B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This substratum is related with the erosion of the natural accumulations below the topsoil layer. Within this sub-stratum, various isolated limestones have been found, as a consequence of the erosion of the tell surface. I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f11 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f12 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f16 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f19 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f20 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f21 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f39 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f40 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f41 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f46 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f47 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f48 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f49 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f62 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f73 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f74 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f82 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f83 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f98 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f99 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f100 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f101 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f102 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f106 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f107 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f113 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f122 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f123 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f128 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f129 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f130 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f131 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f132 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f133 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f134 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f135 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f151 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f157 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h85-MZA J4s12-MZA B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Build-up B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This stratum is related with natural accumulations that build-up the tell surface below the topsoil layers and related accumulations (these are washed layers below the topsoil layer relative to s5 and s5a). As for the accumulations belonging to s5 and s5a, the layers belonging to s12 are all wind and water-born in nature, and contributed to the build-up of the tell for another meter in depth. These accumulations are characterized by compact areas mixed with patches of soft ones which suggests their temporary exposure to water. While digging these natural layers, lots of pottery sherds have been recovered toghether with bones and q-items; the presence of this archaeological material is however related with the erosion of the tell surface. In fact, there are no evidence -at least for what concerns the information retrieved at the end of the 2006 excavation season in J04- which could suggest that the area where J04 unit was set was in use in this time period (Phase 67-MZA). I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f58 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f59 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f66 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f67 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f90 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f105 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h67-MZA J4s12a-MZA B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC Tell surface wash and erosion B11 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC This substratum is related with the tell surface wash and erosion. Within this sub-stratum, various isolated limestones have been found, as a consequence of the erosion of the tell surface. I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f55 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f60 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f63 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f91 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f92 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f103 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f104 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f108 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f109 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f110 I2 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC f111 I3 2010-02-12_U212SC2.j sC h67-MZA J4s14-MZA A21 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j !! Build-up B10 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Build-up B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Build-up B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Excavations carried out in the 2006 excavation season in J04 unit indicate that this portion of the tell mound -in stratum s14 and substratum s14a - was interested by a gradual build-up due to natural accumulations. It seems that no activities or events took place in s14 and s14a within the area where J04 unit was set, despite of what instead happened, at the same time, in J01 and J02 units. In J04 unit, s14 (and its substratum s14a) is related with those accumulations that were found on top of the structures built in stratum 14c. The gradual build-up within s14 is represented by different feature within J04 unit. I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f72 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f80 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f81 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f89 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f116 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s14a-MZA A21 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j !! Build-up B10 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Build-up B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC As for s14, in s14a J04 unit was interested by a gradual build-up due to natural accumulations. This gradual build-up is represented by the lower portion of f89 in k73. There are no evidence within s14a that can be related with an active use of the area where J04 unit was set. B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Build-up I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f89 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s14b-MZA B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Erosion of natural accumulations B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Substratum s14b concerns the accumulations related with the tell surface wash and erosion, represented, for example, by the erosion of stones. I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f155 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s14c-MZA A21 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j !! Rebuilding phase B10 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Rebuilding phase B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Within this stratum, in J04 unit were built different structures, either in mud-brick or stones. These structures, togheter with two tannur installations found on top of two mud-brick walls, are concentrated in few loci (k62, k71, k73 and k83) and indicate that this area of the tell mound was in use in this time period. The nature of the activities carried out in these loci, however, is not clear as yet, since the structures exposed were in very damaged conditions and no particular features have been found while digging in these loci. Furthermore, most of these structures have not been completely exposed (one reason being that most of them have been found at the end of the 2006 excavation season). We can imagine, however, that the activities carried out in this portion of the tell mound, could have been connected either with the sacral area either with small buildings located south, where the J06 unit was set in the 2008 excavation season. It is thought, in fact, that small mud-brick structures or small buildings were possibly located in the south-east extent of J06 unit, although, these are -at present- represented only by their collapse (given by J06 bf^2, and partially by J06 bf^1, please, cfr. description of bf^1 and bf^2 in J06 unit). The supposed structures in J06 unit were dated, on the basis of the pottery recovered, to the Mittani period. The most-complete structure found in J04 unit, instead, the so called 'bin' installation (f93, a2), was found empty, thus the function of this structure is, up to present, unclear. B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Rebuilding phase I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f78 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f84 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f93 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f112 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f139 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f140 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f141 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f142 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f143 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f144 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f145 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f149 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f152 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f153 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f159 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f161 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f162 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f170 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f171 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s15-MZA A21 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j !! Scattered use B10 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Scattered use B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC This is a period of scattered use in the area where J04 unit was set, especially of the area south to f93, the so called 'bin' installation (cfr. as well a2), probably as a consequence of the brickfall bf^2 (cfr. J06 bf^2). In fact, as the excavations carried out in J06 unit in the 2008-9 excavation seasons indicate, the brickfall bf^2 interested not only the portion of the tell mound where J06 unit was set, but the south portion of J04 unit as well. The only evidence of possible activities carried out in J04 unit whitin this stratum is related with a large pit found in the est baulk of k84 (f136). The pit was very rich in organic material and animal bones, among which an exceptional find was recovered, a complete skeleton of a saluki-dog (i5). B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Scattered use I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f76 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f79 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f85 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f86 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f96 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f97 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f118 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f119 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f125 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f126 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f156 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s16-MZA B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Minor use of area after bf^2 in J06 B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC This stratum is related with a period of minor activities in J04 unit due to the brickfall bf^2 that interested not only the portion of the tell mound where J06 unit was set but the south portion of J04 unit as well (cfr. s14c and s15). Within this stratum J04 unit was abandonded or not in use, probably as a consequence of the fall of the mud-brick structures located in the south-east portion of J06 unit which interested partially the southern portion of J04 unit as well. In J04 (on the basis of the evidence drawn from the excavations carried out in the 2006) there is only one feature which is cleary relate with the brickfall bf^2; this is related with the topmost portion of an accumulation rich in brick fragments, f121 (which, in its top 70cm, is the same as J06f53 and J06f55). In locus k74, a feature characterized by a hard and compact surface, f64, is most probably part of the topmost surface of bf^2, and is therefore part of what in J06 has been labeled as bf^1 (i.e., the top surface of brickfall bf^2; the label J06 bf^1 has been assigned to those features that, due to a long exposure of the bricks to water and sun, are brickmelt accumulations; for more details on the respective designations, please, cfr. J06 bf^1, bf^2, and related features). The brickfall bf^2, is thought to be the collapse of structures or small buildings located on the east of J06 unit and probably connected to the residencial area C2; their collapse is though to have took place from east to west and, consequently, to have covered the area where J06, J07 and partially J02 units are today located (cfr. J06 s16). I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f64 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f75 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f163 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s16a-MZA B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Fire after bf^2 in J06 B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC This substratum is related with a fire that is thought to have been spread in all J06 unit just before the brickfall J06 bf^2 (for more information, please, cfr. J06 s16a). In J04, only one feature (f124) an ash-layer, is probably related with this event. We may suppose that within this substratum J04 unit was abandonded or not in use, probably as a consequence of the fall of the mud-brick structures located in the south-east portion of J06 unit which interested the southern portion of J04 unit as well. I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f124 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s16b-MZA B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC In stratum s16b just occasional activities seems to take place within the area where the J04 unit was set; these are represented by a pit and its fill (f136, f137) in k100. Besides this pit, there are no evidence of activities carried out in J04 unit, probably as a consequence of the brickfall bf^2 that interested J06, J02 and the south portion of J04 unit (cfr. J06 bf^2). The pit f136 cuts f121 (as visible in v84c and v91), and its fill is rich of ash and organic material. B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Minor use of area after fire and bf^2 in J06 B11 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC Minor use of area I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f136 I2 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC f137 I3 2010-02-14_U214SC2.j sC h65-MZA J4s18-MZA B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC In the Early Mittani period a re-organization of the area west to the so called 'monumental staircase' J02f130 in J02 took place. The re-organization of the space east of the staircase J02f130 and wall J02f129, consists, in the area where J04 unit was set, in the re-organization of a stone wall (f146) with a W-E allignment, found within loci k83 and k73, toghether with a glacis layer that was layed on top of the mound found while digging in k82 and k72. This glacis layer is respectively f77 in k82 and f127 in k72. The glacis layer f77 is the same as f127, and has been labeled with two different feature numbers only because it was found in different moment within two different loci. B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC Reorganization of the area west to J02 f127 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f77 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f127 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f146 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f147 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f148 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f154 I3 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC h63-MZA J4s19-MZA B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC Build-up of the area west to J02 B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC In stratum s19, we assist to a build-up on top of the glacis layer, due to natural accumulations; the build-up followed the slope of the mound (as in the case, for example, of f151 in J06 Unit). There are no evidence -at least for what concerns the information gathered in the 2006 excavation season- of any activity within this time period in the area where J04 unit was set. I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f116 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f120 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f166 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f169 I3 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC h63-MZA J4s19b-MZA B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC Build-up of the area west to J02 B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC In substratum s19b no activities seems to take place within the area where J04 unit was set, which could be -possibly- a consequence of the brickfall bf^2 that interested J06, J02 and the south portion of J04 unit. Within this substratum, J04 unit is interested by a gradual build-up of the tell mound, which does continue in substratum s16c as well. This gradual build-up, in J04 unit, is represented by the upper portion of f121 in k100. I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f121 I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f126 I3 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC h63-MZA J4s19c-MZA B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC Build-up of the area west to J02 B11 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC Concerning the area where J04 unit was set, substratum s19c is the same as s16b: no activities seems to take place within this area, probably as a consequence of the brickfall bf^2 that interested J06, J02 and the south portion of J04 unit as well. I2 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC f121 I3 2010-02-15_U215SC.j sC h63-MZA J4s49-MZA B11 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC Building activities B11 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC In J04 unit, few are the features that can be ascribed to this stratum: the lower portion of f121 and all the feature below this: f150, f158 and f160. f158 (togheter with the lower portion of f150) is the same as J06f164 (cfr. J06f164), a red accumulation found in the east baulk of k84 in the 2008-2009 excavation season when this locus was dug as part of J06 area (J04k100 was turned into J06k84). When, toward the end of the 2006 excavation season, we expose these features while doing a sounding in k100, we did not understand properly the nature of the layers found below f121 and f124 within this locus, since, the pottery analysis of this feature indicate the presence of Calcholitic sherds (mKB, communication to J04 and all Mozan staff, at the end of the 2006 excavation season). It was unclear how was possible to find, right below accumulations dated to the Mittani Period (Phase 63-MZA) layers dated to the 3rd Millennium BC. However, the excavations carried out in 2008-9 in J06 unit showed a similar stratigraphical situation. From these excavations was cleared that J06f164 (which corresponds to J04f158 and J04f160) is a fill located east of wall J02f129) and had the function of a glacis layer made to protect the stone wall located immediatly on the west (J02f129, for this, please, see J06f164), and the pottery recovederd was rich in Chalcolithic sherds which was the same situation as we found in 2006 while digging J04f158 and J04f160. On the basis of the equivalence of J06f164 to J04f158 and J04f160 it is possible to assigne these feature to Phase 32, and thus, within s49. It is probably in this stratum that also f10 was built, as part of the building activities on the western side of the temple mound, as suggested by the result of the investigations carried out in the 2009 excavation season; from the information gathered in the last two excavation seasons, it seems that f10 could to be an extension of the revetment wall. In the beginning of the 2006 excavation season, we thought that f10 could have been a possible extension -on the east- of the secondary Apron (J02f131) supposing it to be a specular structure of the secondary Apron as it exposed in J02 unit (for this, please, cfr. Presupposition), altought it was located definitely higher in elevation as this was exposed in J02 (for the new interpretation of f10, please, cfr. J06 f218). I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f10 I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f50 I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f121 I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f150 I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f158 I2 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC f160 I3 2010-02-16_U216SC.j sC h32-MZA