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-wk eighteen assigned workmen reported.  Majed, the pick man, was absent because he is sick.  Ebraheem, the shoveler, was absent too because he had to register for university in Al-hasaka.
-sy bWP installed three new markers in the north, east and south sections of k33.  She didn`t put a marker at the western baulk because we will remove it soon.

k 23
dy We continued excavating the southwestern quadrant of this locus together with the western part of the southern baulk that abuts the stones of the revetment wall, f3.  After we removed the rest of the sandy lamination, f78, we started to remove the dense natural accumulation below, f80.  Below the last mentioned natural accumulation, f80, we found a new layer of chunky, sandy lamination, f81, which we finished excavating today.  The collected pottery from f78, 80 and 81 includes many Mittani-style flat rims, and goblet bases.

k 43
dy We photographed the whole locus after cleaning it, v52, to show the relationship between the different levels of stone installations in it, f71, f73 and f91.  We removed the rest of the compact lamination, f95, in the eastern border of this locus.  Under the last mentioned feature we found a new layer, f97, of compact crust probably formed by melted brick.  We stopped excavating in this locus, while waiting to remove the northern baulk in order to understand the relationship between the stone installations in k44 and k43.  Excavating the western half of the last mentioned baulk would help us to explane the gap between the stones, f71, and the northern border, where we found a baked red mudbrick.  Also the pottery sherds which we will collect may help us recognize the phase of the highest stone installations in k44, f28, and in k43, f71.

k 44
dy We started to remove the eastern baulk of this locus in order to have a wide view for the loci k24, k34 and k44.  This can help us to understand the relationship among the staircase, f21; the flat empty space, f70, in k34; and the stone installations, f49 and f28, in k44.  We divided the baulk into three parts to collect pottery that will help understand the transition between Middle Assyrian phase and the Mittani phase.  The top layers of late accumulation (f15, 17, and f29) were removed as one feature, f96. The middle Assyrian accumulation, f42, will be removed as a separate feature tomorrow.  Also the Mittani features, f45 and f63 will be removed as separate features tomorrow.

f 96
ds  The volumetric material comprising the upper layers of late accumulation (f15, f17, and f29) in the eastern baulk of k44, which were removed as one feature, f96.  We divided the last mentioned baulk into three parts to collect pottery that will help understand the transition between Middle Assyrian phase and the Mittani phase.  The top layers are late accumulation, f96.  The middle Assyrian accumulation is f42, a separate feature.  Also the Mittani features, f45 and f63 will be another separate feature.

f 97
ds Compact crust between the eastern border of k43 and the eastern face of the lower stone installation, f91.  It was probably formed by melted brick, because we found some horizontal lines which imply the existence of organized mudbrick.  It was discovered under the soft powdery lamination, f95, which included many Mittani-style pottery sherds.