.bk J05
.fl S817jW.j
.fd Daily journal for S817 and feature descriptions
.fn f153 to f154
.ei jW
.ed S817
.rd S817
.ri jW

-wk  Sixteen of twenty assigned workmen reported on time.  Majid previously excused to take sick baby to doctor.  Sherwan previously excused for illness.  Ibrahim Hessu reported one half hour late.  Muhammad Fereed reported one hour late.

-sf dL and sNP drew the north baulks of k13 (w15), k43 (w16), and the lower part of k33 (w17).  lH remained in Damascus to register for post-graduate study.

-eq A shafat to remove the dirt from baulk removal was installed along the north baulk of k34.

k 33
dy We removed two more q-lots from floor accumulation, f137.  There is a miniature wadi that has formed about 50 cm west of the stone installation, f126, and most of the pottery and bones came from the bottom of it.  The situation was documented in v88.
sg as of today we will cease excavation in this locus for the MZ21 season.

k 22
dy We photographed ,v85, the results of excavating the series of layers between the east face of revetment wall, f3, and the west face of the unexcavated portion of k12.  Although we halted work before the lowest layer, f90, was excavated. mKB reported that some Phase 1 sherds were present in the q-lot for f89.  We measured and photographed the location, v85.  The large limestone block, f151, had almost certainly shifted away from its original place at the southwest corner of revetment wall, f3, and was resting on a soil pillar, f154, After measuring and photography, v89, v90, we moved it back to its likely original position atop the lower wall stones and removed the pillar.

k 13
dy We cleaned and photographed, v86, the full extent of the exposed floor surface, f143.  We began removing the volumetric material in the north baulk, f153.

k 32
dy We continued to excavate natural accumulation, f136.  At the end of the day we decided to cease excavations there and document the results.
-sg We will draw and photgraph the north and east baulks before removing them.

k 100
dy We continued to excavate natural accumulation, f110.  We need to adjust the north and south borders of this locus to improve the sight-lines from the observation platform.

f 153
ds The volumetric material in the north baulk of k13.  It is a combination of topsoil, f105, and natural accumulation, f115 which will be removed as a single feature, having been previously well-documented during excavation and by drawing and photography.

f 154
ds The soil in a pillar that supported the large limstone block, f151, that had most likely shifted to the west from its original position as one of the top stones at the southwest corner of revetment wall, f3, along the south edge of k22.