.bk J05 .fl T811jW.j .fd Daily journal for T811 .fn f252-f257 .ei jW .ed T811 .rd T811 .ri jW -wk Fourteen of fifteen assigned workmen reported. Sipan again absent. -dy In k106 we completed the test probe towards the wall by excavating the balance of the f241 layered escarpment toward the revetment wall, f189. There was no evidence of a single, sloping mass of baqaya as the layers each continued northward against the wall face. At the bottom, we noticed that the stone escarpment, ^esc1, had another row of stones to the north which either abutted or bonded with the wall. We removed the remaining Mittani accumulation of f243, south of the Third Millennium sherd layer, f242. Then, we excavated f242 westward, uncovering additional stones of the sloping part of the stone escarpment, ^esc1. Also, we removed an additional layer of Mittani accumulation, f252, from atop the Third Millennium layered escarpment, ^esc2, so that when we excavate it we will minimize any chances of contamination with later material.
In k105 we removed an accumulation, f253, which covered what appears to be a pebble floor, f254, and its retaining wall, f255. We also uncovered a fourth stone, f257, which may be associated with stone stairs, f205. The stone, f257, is perpendiclar to stone wall, f41. f 252 ds A layer of soft reddish accumulation in the west half of k106. It was granular and had few sherds, which pottery specialist, hQ, evaluated on site as Mittani. It covers ^esc2, particularly f241. ;tc co f241 f 253 ds A hard, dark yellowish brown accumlation in the northwestern half of k105. It contained relatively many sherds and items. It covered pebble floor, f254, to the north; brick wall segment, f255, in the middle; and reddish accumulation, f256, to the south. It may be a continuation to the west of the sloping surface, f251, that perhaps was cut by water. ;tc co f254 ;tc co f255 ;tc co f256 f 254 ds A floor comprised of fist-sized river pebbles that is bounded on the south by wall a11 in k105. The top three steps of f205 are laid atop this surface and it extends north into the north baulk. We found some of the pebbles in the middle of bricks f255, which indicates that at one time a flood of water breached the top of f255. We probably cut the southeast corner of this surface when we excavated stairs, f205, to find the fourth "step," f257. ;tc ab f255 ;tc co f257 f 205 ;tc re f254 f 255 ds A horizontal surface comprised of bricks and mortar in the middle west section of k105. It appears to form a brick wall with f254 which runs northwest to southeast, eventually abutting the f41 stone wall. This brick wall may be a retaining wall for the pebble floor, f254, which abuts it to the north. ;tc ab f254 f 256 ds A reddish accumulation which is south of bricks, f255, in the middlewest part of k105. ;tc ab f255 f 257 ds A long, irreglarly cut limestone block below and to the south of stairs, f205. ;f 219 ;tc co f74 ;f 220 ;tc si f224 ;f 221 ;tc cu f224 ;f 223 ;tc co f224 ;f 226 ;tc co f225 ;tc co f242 -sy We removed the following markers from J5 because we excavated the features in which they were installed: m6112, m6113, m6114, m6137, and m6175. -sg In k106, first we will verify that we have removed all of the Mittani accumlations atop of, and to the south of, the layered escarpment, ^esc2, in locus k106. When we are certain that this has been accomplished, we will begin to excavate the southern part of the escarpment, f241, following it to the west to expose the southern lines stones of ^esc1, f225. We expect that they will continue to the western end of the revetment wall, f189, which they protect. If we need to clarify the situation at the western edge of f189, we can excavate as much of the remaining part of ^esc2 as necessary, perhaps exposing all of ^esc1 in the process. We will preserve about one meter of ^esc2 in the east near J1 to illustrate its layered construction, and construction directly atop the stone escarpment, ^esc1.
In k105, we will continue to clarify the relationship between the pebble pavement, f254 and bricks, f255, to the south. Together, they seem to form a floor and its retaining wall, inhibiting erosion to the south. In the process, we will remove sloping surface, f251 which covers part of f255. Then we expect to see a link between brick segments f255 and f245 to the west. Further to the south we will continue to remove accumlations in front of the late Mittani period revetment wall, f3, in the hope of establishing a link between stone wall, f41 and the revetment wall, f189.