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J5a1
A21	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	pit-a
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v14
B11	2008-07-18_S718LH.j	lH	A pit in the southern half of k23 consisting of fill, f25, and the cut, f26.
B11	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	Pit in the southern half of k23.  It consists of a cut, f26, two fills, f25 and f31, which were covered by the stones of f24.  In the bottom fill, f31, were bones, identified by hPU as part of the leg of a cow.  Although not a part of this aggregate, the pit was overlain by a pillar of soil, f22, which supported a large stone, f11.
D1	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	k23
G11	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	f24
G11	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	f25
G11	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	f26
G11	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	f31
G12	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	!!	i11
G12	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	jW	i14
G13	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	!!	q29
G13	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	!!	q33
G13	2008-09-17_S917JW.j	!!	q35
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s60-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h8r-J5B
O11	2008-07-20_S722LH.j	lH	v18
O11	2008-07-20_S722LH.j	lH	v18a

J5a2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	wall
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v139
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	A wall system consisting of two layers of melon-sized stones running roughly N-S through loci k44 and k43.  The top layer is narrower than the bottom, but neither has been fully excavated as of the end of MZ21.  It is possible that the wall system extends both further to the north and south.  It is also possible that this wall system is the structure reveiled on the geophysical survey conducted in previous seasons.  Its purpose seems to be to delimit the western boundary of the sacral space which includes the BA temple mound and the monumental staircase, f21.
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k44
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f49
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f91
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q121
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q122
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q123
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q133
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q283
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s122-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7v-J5B
O11	2009-03-26_T326JW2.j	jW	p3

J5a3
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	wall
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v139
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	A wall system consisting of two lines of melon-sized stones, f28 and f71, running roughly N-S through loci k44 and k43, and separated by an entranceway threshold, f163.  They are very near the surface and probably represent the westernmost boundary of the last realization of the late Mittani period sacral space which includes the BA temple mound and the monumental staircase, f21.
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k44
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f28
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f71
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f163
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q40
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s70-J5B
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s120-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7v-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h8m-J5B
O11	2009-03-26_T326JW2.j	jW	p3

J5a4
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	room
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v82
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	The ruins of a late period room in locus k13.  There is a packed mud floor, f143, a threshold entrance on the north side, f148, a line of stones on the north border (possibly a wall foundation), f144, and a cluster of stones and sherds which rests on the floor in the southeast corner, f146, that was possibly a work area
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k13
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f143
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f144
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f146
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f148
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s60-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h8r-J5B
O11	2009-03-26_T326JW2.j	jW	p4

J5a5
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	wall
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v56
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	A wall system consisting of an arc of large, square-cut stones extending to the west from underneath a much later rough stone wall, then gradually turning to the north.  It appears to also run under the bottom step of staircase, f21.  A mud escarpment, f21, extends south and west from the wall's outer edge.  The function of the wall is not known.  Because it is partially covered by the later, Mittani wall, f3, and its stone glacis, f4 and f199, we do not know its origin or function. Stratigraphically it should fit with the wall system, specific label wall 3.
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k22
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f41
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f74
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i34
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i35
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i39
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i40
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i41
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i42
G12	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	i45
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q288
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q289
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q295
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q299
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q301
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q302
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q327
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q356
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q358
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q361
G13	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	!!	q373
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s174-J5B
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s720-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h3d-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7f-J5B

J5a6
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	staircase
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v118
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	A monumental staircase rising from the west to the east and consisting of large, rectangular-cut stones, f21; a line of large uncut stones, f14, forming a border on the north; and a line of large cut stones, f21, forming a border on the south.  A probe, k103, just to the west securely dated the staircase to the Mittani period.
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k24
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f14
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f20
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f21
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s148-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7m-J5B

J5a7
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	wall
A35	2009-04-14_T414JW.j	jW	v116
B11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	The capstones forming a "memory" of revetment wall, f3.  The capstones were probably added in the last phase of the use of the Mittani period western entrance to the BA temple mound, after the f3 wall was covered with accumulation.
D1	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	k22
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f151
G11	2009-04-06_T406JW.j	jW	f192
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s122-J5B
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s128-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7v-J5B

J5a8
A3	2009-09-17_T917JW.j	jW	^wka2
A3	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a38
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	sb
B11	2009-07-22_T722JW.j	jW	A cache of sling balls in several clusters of complete balls and fragments found in soil (f74) in a 50 cm long rectangle atop the steps of stair, f205.  Aside one of the clusters was a lump of raw clay, which by visual inspection was identical to that seen in the balls.  This suggests that they were being manufactured here.
B11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	A cache of 31 sling balls in several clusters of complete balls and fragments found in soil ( f74) in a 50 cm long rectangle atop the steps of stair, f205. Aside one of the clusters was a lump of raw clay (q299.1), which by visual inspection was identical to that seen in the balls. This suggests that they were being manufactured here.
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k105
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f74
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i34
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i35
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i45
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i39
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i40
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i41
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i42
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q288
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q289
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q295
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q299
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q301
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q302
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q327
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q356
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q358
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q361
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q373
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q299.1
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s174-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7f-J5B

J5a9
A3	2009-09-17_T917JW.j	jW	^wka2
A3	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a38
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	gr
B11	2009-07-22_T722JW.j	jW	Two fist-sized basalt pestals and and some flakes of bronze found just to the west of the top exposed step of stair, f205.  One of the pestals had a piece of bronze imbedded in it.
B11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	Two fist-sized basalt pestals and and some flakes of bronze found just to the west of the top exposed step of stair, f205. One of the pestals had a piece of bronze imbedded in it.
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k105
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f74
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i39
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i40
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i41
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i42
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	i45
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i34
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i35
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q288
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q289
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q295
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q299
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q301
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q302
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q327
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q356
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q358
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q361
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q373
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s174-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7f-J5B

J5a10
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	The decorative top of a Mittani rebuild of the revetment wall system.  The extant parts are several clusters of melon-sized stones, but from their position, we can hypothesize that the area bounded by the EDIII revetment wall, f189 to the south; a double line of stones, f186 to the east; and the Mittani revetment wall, f3, to the west includes all of them.  (Note that the location of the northern boundary has not been established due to the fact that the features which cover it have not been excavated.)
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k12
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f4
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f186
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s650b-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h3m-J5B

J5a11
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	dam
A35	2009-08-13_T819JN.j	!!	v193
B11	2009-08-12_T812JW.j	jW	A low brick wall running roughly west to east across the middle of k105.  It intersects stone wall, f41 at an oblique angle at its western terminus.  The components, discovered several weeks apart are:  the bricks of f245 near f41, the bricks of f255 near the west baulk of the locus, and the cut of a water channel, f260, in the middle of the wall.  The purpose seems to be to be a retaining wall for the pebble pavement, f254 which abuts it to the north.
B11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	A low brick wall running roughly west to east across the middle of k105. It intersects stone wall, f41 at an oblique angle at its western terminus. The components, discovered several weeks apart are: the bricks of f245 near f41, the bricks of f255 near the west baulk of the locus, and the cut of a water channel, f260, in the middle of the wall. The purpose seems to be to be a retaining wall for the pebble pavement, f254 which abuts it to the north.  The system is the last attempt to control the water flow from north to south past the west face of revetment wall, f41.
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k105
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f245
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f255
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f260
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q453
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q457
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q458
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q468
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s180a-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h7f-J5B
O11	2009-08-13_T819JN.j	jN	v193
O11	2009-08-13_T819JN.j	jN	v194

J5a12
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	staircase
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k105

J5a13
A3	2009-09-17_T917JW.j	jW	^wka1
A3	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a37
A21	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	gr
B11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	A collection of twelve basalt grindstones (pestals) found in adjacent accumlations (f23 and f30) surrounding a late Mittani period stone structure, ^bin1.  Neither debitage nor mortars were found in the vicinity.   This suggests that they were not manufactured or used in processing there.  It is possible that the bin was a distribution point.
D1	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	k23
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f23
G11	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	f30
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i16
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i17
G12	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	i18
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q37
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q38
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q53
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q56
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q59
G13	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	!!	q67
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.1
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.2
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.3
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.6
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.7
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.8
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.9
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.10
G14	2009-09-01_T901JW.j	jW	q38.11
I1	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	s60-J5B
I3	2012-10-16_WX16JW.j	!!	h8r-J5B

J5a14
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f282
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^a1
A20	!!_!!	!!	buildup
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	conflation of layers
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	conflation of layers
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	Early Dynastic III accumulations atop the outside (western most and southern most) stones of the first escarpment a25 and floor f288.  It is ashy and contains a lot of pottery.  It differs from accumulations above (a15) in that they are more reddish, perhaps being the result of run-off from the second escarpment, a26.  Presumably a14 results from the use of the f288 floor between the building of the two escarpments.

J5a15
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f268
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f278
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f280
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^a2
A20	!!_!!	!!	buildup
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	accumulation C
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	accumulation C
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	Early Dynastic III accumulations atop deposit a14, and the inside stones of a25.  It is reddish and contains a layer (f278) of small pebbles and sherds.  It may be the reminants of the seceond escarpment, a26, or the result of its use and deterioration.

J5a16
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f9
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f16
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	^a3
A20	!!_!!	!!	buildup
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	!!	conflation of layers
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	conflation of layers
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	This label collects a series of accumulations from just below the topsoil to the last Mittani period soil feature before abondonment.  Generally, the accumlations are uniform in color (reflecting their loess content) and contain a series of crusty laminations with soft spots caused by roots and animal burrows.  In total, the deposits cover the Mittani ruins to a depth of approximately one meter.

J5a17
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f1
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f2
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f15
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f18
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f32
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f55
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f56
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f104
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f105
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f117
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f118
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f134
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	^a4
A20	!!_!!	!!	buildup
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	!!	topsoil
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	topsoil
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	This label collects topsoil, a surface accumulation that supports the growth of vegetation.  Generally, not more than 10cm deep, it contains the roots of living grasses and plants as well as decayed vegetative matter, which adds a darker brown color to the normally light grayish brown hue of loess.

J5a18
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f64
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f67
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f96
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f103
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f107
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f110
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f132
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f133
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f153
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f156
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f159
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f160
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f162
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f235
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	^a5
A20	!!_!!	!!	other features
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	!!	volumetric material
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	volumetric material
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	This specific label collects the soil layers that are excavated typologically as a unit rather than stratigraphically, as is the usual case.  It most often arises in the removal of baulks, where clearly the accumulations on one side match the other, and no more objects are needed to establish their stratigraphic sequence.  Occasionally, for example in the excavation of locus k100, one layer was deep, uniform, and well understood so removed as one unit, f110.

J5a19
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f4
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f186
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f198
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f199
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^aprn1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	apron
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	apron
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This group of features comprises decorative stonework inside the perimeter of the Mittani revetment wall, a36.  It roughly corresponds to a mirror image of the apron systems in J2 and J3 found to the west of the eastern staircase.  Here the stones are not so specifically arranged in rows although they are bounded to the east by a double line of large stones, f186.  What we see are isolated patches of large stones, f4, f198, and f199, covered by a large, unexcavated block of soil, f5.  Analysis of the ceramics found in the vicinity indicates that it was built during the Mittani period's western retrenchment.

J5a20
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f28
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f71
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f163
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f193
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^bdr1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	stone installation
A22	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	border
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	Two lines of stones running north to south, f28 and f71, joined by a threshold, f173, and  another cluster of stones, f193.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Top rows of stones and threshold tentatively assigned to Phase 7b in the J5A phase sequence.  This structure is clearly linked and associated with Middle Assyrian ceramics found in natural accumulation, f42.

J5a21
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f49
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f91
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^bdr2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	stone installation
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	Border 2 is a series of structures which we believe mark the western boundary of the sacral area which surrounds the BA temple.  It includes two multilayer walls, f49 and f91, (a2).  They had been built in several phases along the far western edge of the west plaza to define the limits of the sacred space west of the staircase and the revetment wall as the space was gradually covered with aeolian soil.
I99	2008-09-03_S903LH.j	lH	On S903 a draft revision of the phase sequence for Mittani horizon stated that the stone installation, f71 in k43, belonged to Mittani phase 7b.  However, lH and jW believe that f71 belongs to a Middle Assyrian phase.  The stone installation, f28 in k44, is linked to the stone installation, f71, by the threshold in between, f163.  The natural accumulation, f42 in k34, includes Middle Assyrian pottery sherds, and it is equal to the natural accumulation, f57. The stone installation, f28, overlays accumulation, f57.  According to this evidence, the entrance, f163, and the accumulations, f42 and f57, should all be dated to a Middle Assyrian phase.

J5a22
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f19
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f37
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f38
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f46
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f48
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f54
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^bin1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	bin
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	bin
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	A late cluster of stones and pavement which forms an entrance to the last temple.  Starting at the lowest point, it is framed by an arc of stones, f37 and f46, which are separated by a pathway consisting of accumulation, f48, to the south and melted brick, f54, to the north.  To the north it is framed by stone installation, f19.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Tentatively assigned to Mittani Stratum 14a in the JPB phase sequence when the staircase complex was being remodeled.  This structure rests on a layer of soil atop revetment wall, f3, and therefore must be later.

J5a23
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f245
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f254
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f255
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f260
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f277
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^eps1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	installation
A22	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	erosion protection
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	installation
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	The first of two water protections systems designed to keep flowing water from damaging the north part of the revetment wall, f41, and related structures during the middle part of the Mittani period.  It consisted of an east to west mudbrick wall, f245 to the east (founded on stones f266) and a mudbrick wall, f255 to the west (founded on stones, f277).  Behind the dam (to the north) there was a pocket of fist-sized river pebbles which sat atop a greenish layer of soil, f279.  There was a channel, f260, which breached the middle of the dam.
C3	2009-09-29_ZG822W3.j	MISSING	Although this large, stepped stone structure probably did divert water flowing north to south away from the revetment wall segment, f41, post-excavation analysis reveals another, more important function.  From appearance, it looks like a stairway built against the wall which leads to a platform near the top of the wall.  However, it has been unclear why it might have been needed.  It is now clear from the excavation of the stone escarpment that the bottom of the revetment wall, f41, almost certainly rises rapidly, perhaps in a single jump near the platform, f194.  If people needed to get from lower levels to the west up to the floors in front of and west of the new monumental staircase, f20, this would have been the most convenient way to get there.

J5a24
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f155
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f161
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^eps2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	stone installation
A22	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	erosion protection
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	The second of two water protections systems designed to prevent erosion of the revetment wall.  In this case it protected the late Mittani addition, f3.  It was simple and consisted of several rows of stones projecting southwest from the corner where the wall turned from running east to west to running from the south to the north.

J5a25
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f188
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f225
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f265
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f293
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^esc1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	escarpment
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	escarpment
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	The first escarpment is composed of a series of rows of big, flat stones (at least four rows), running E-W south to the wall escarpment f189. The material used for this structure, stone, was due probably to the presence of water running along the wall: its aim was to preserve the foundation of f189 and to prevent its collapse.
C10	2009-09-29_ZG822W3.j	MISSING	The revetment wall, f189, in J5 is 2.4m high, while in J1 it is 3.4m high.  The tops are at about the same elevation, implying that the base of the J5 segment must be 1m higher, stepping up between the units.  An E-W line of stones atop the baqaya first escarpment in J1 is aligned with, is the same elevation as, and joins the top row of a25 stones in J5.  Where is the baqaya in J5?  The best answer is that it stops at the point where it abuts the step, while the stones continue on.
C10	2009-09-29_ZG823jW1.j	jW	The revetment wall, f189, in J5 is 2.4m high, while in J1 it is 3.4m high.  The tops are at about the same elevation, implying that the base of the J5 segment must be 1m higher, stepping up between the units.  An E-W line of stones atop the baqaya first escarpment in J1 is aligned with, is the same elevation as, and joins the top row of ^esc1 stones in J5.  Where is the baqaya in J5?  The best answer is that it stops at the point where it abuts the step, while the stones continue on.

J5a26
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f184
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f241
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f242
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f268
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f280
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^esc2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	escarpment
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	escarpment
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	The second escarpment sits right on the first one; it has a layer of sherds at its bottom, f242, on wich are many different and alternating layers of red and grey materials. Its purpose was to protect the bottom of the revetment wall f189 from the water problems already present at the time of the first escarpment.

J5a27
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f143
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f144
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f146
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f148
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^flr1
A20	!!_!!	!!	other features
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	mixed features
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	mixed features
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	A floor surface and associated stonework constructed in the uorganized occupation phase. It consists of a hard mud floor, f143, what may be a stone entrance on the north side, f148, a line of stones, f144, which forms the northern border, and a cluster of stones and sherds, f146, which rests on the floor in the southwestern corner.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Tentatively assigned to Phase 8r, unorganized occupation, in the J5A phase sequence.  This crude structure was immediately under the topsoil.

J5a28
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f45
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f60
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f70
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f102
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f122
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f124
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f127
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	f128
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	^flr2
A20	!!_!!	!!	surface
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	!!	floor
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	floor
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW1.j	jW	This label collects a series of natural accumulations (some loess and some water deposits) leveled, then compacted by foot traffic, to form the floors for the sacred plaza located to the west of the monumental staircase that was associated with the Mittani period western extension of the entrance to the BA temple.  Where the deposit was loess, the surface is hard and the texture when picked is chunky.  Where the deposit was from rain runoff, the entire mass is uniformly soft and sandy.

J5a29
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f14
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f19
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f20
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f21
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f28
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f37
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f38
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f46
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f48
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f49
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f54
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f65
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f66
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f70
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f71
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f91
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f99
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f102
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f108
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f123
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f140
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f163
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f196
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^sa1
A20	!!_!!	!!	other features
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	mixed features
A22	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	sacral area
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	mixed features
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	The Mittani staircase, a32; a22; the floors to the west, f70 and f102; and its western border stones, a20.  Its purpose was to provide a transitional area for sacral use - an interface between the lay participants and those who conducted the rituals.

J5a30
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f6
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f41
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f184
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f185
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f188
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f189
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f225
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f241
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f242
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f265
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f268
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f280
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f293
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^sb1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	stone installation
A22	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	sacral boundary
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	The combination of the EDIII revetment wall, a35; its two escarpments, a25 and a26; and its glacis, f185.  Its purpose was to clearly delimit the border between the sacral area (the BA temple and its mound) from the assembly areas and structures to the south and to the west.

J5a31
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f3
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f4
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f151
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f186
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f192
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f198
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f199
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^sb2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	stone installation
A22	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	sacral boundary
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	stone installation
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	The combination of the Mittani revetment wall, a36; and its apron, a19.  Its purpose was to clearly delimit the border between the sacral area (the BA temple and its mound) from the assembly areas to the west during the westward retrenchment.

J5a32
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f14
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f20
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f21
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f65
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f66
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f99
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f108
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f123
A2	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	f140
A5	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	^strc1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	!!	staircase
B10	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	staircase
B11	2022-09-22_ZG822W.j	jW	This specic label describes a monumental stone strucure comprising a dressed stone staircase, f21, which rises from west to east; a row of boulders which forms the northern edge, f14 and f108; a row of dressed stones and small boulders, f20 and f99, which forms the southern edge; accumulations, f65 and f66, which border f14 immediately to the north; the north edge of a platform, f140, at the top of the staircase, and a threshold, f123, that probably leads to a path to the BA temple.  These components were built in the Mittani period during the westward retrenchment.

J5a33
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f194
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f205
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f257
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f266
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f276
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^strc2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	staircase
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	staircase
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This group of features comprise an early Mittani period staircase which leads from the Early Dynastic escarpment to the top of its accompanying revetment wall.  It consists of a series of stepped, large stones, f205, f257 and f266, which were placed against the revetment wall, f41.  They were founded in part by a north-south line of watermelon-sized stones, f276.  To the north, the stepped structure abuts another square stone installation, f194.  We have not excavated enough of it to see how deep it is.  It seems to be laid atop EDIII accumulations at the elevation where nearby accumulations shift directly to Mittani.  Therefore we conclude that this specific label was built early in the  Mittani period as they began to adapt the western part of the wall system to replace eastern structures that were being covered by soil accumulations.

J5a34
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f267
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f284
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^wall1
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	wall
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	wall
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This group of features comprises two small, isolated components which we believe are the top of a pre-EDIII wall system atop which a 35 was built.  Although we have no direct evidence of the date of its construction, a wall to the east, J1^wall2, which has a similar orientation and construction, was securely dated to the Late Chalcolithic period.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Tentatively assigned to Phase 2h in the J5A Phase sequence.  This is primarily due to Late Chalcolithic ceramics found in a similar wall segment in J1 and the fact that the EDIII revetment wall was built atop segment f284.

J5a35
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f6
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f41
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f185
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f189
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^wall2
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	wall
A30	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This specific label defines the EDIII revetment wall, which extends throughout J5.  Other Mittani components were improperly associated with the main revetment wall, f189, in specific label a36.
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	wall
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This wall system is the Early Dynastic III period revetment wall, which is the prominent visible structure in J5.  It is the western extension of  J1^wall1.  This wall system has two components, identified by their constituents.  f189 is nearest to J1 and is constructed of large, uncut stones arranged in a pattern of triangles.  f41 is the component that turns toward the north at the end of f189.  It is constructed of dressed stones and could be considered to be the more decorative of the two, which are stratigraphically linked by the same stone escarpment, a25.  In addition, the baqaya glacis associated with f189 can be seen in section near the wall top.
C2	2009-09-29_ZG822W3.j	MISSING	More information can be obtained resolve this issue by removing the southern and eastern parts of the Mittani wall, f3, and its soil pillar.  Here we expect to find the intersection of the earlier walls, f41 and f189.  This should be done in the next excavation season.
C3	2009-09-29_ZG822W3.j	MISSING	The first escarpment, a25, doesn't precisely follow the line of component wall, f189, as it runs from J1 into J5 and begins a gradual turn to the northwest.  In fact, there is a large gap (30cm maximum decreasing to zero) between the top stones of the escarpment and the wall's south face.  This gap is partially filled by the top stones of the earlier ^wall1 (f284).  Since escarpments are built to protect walls from being undermined, the gap is inconsistent with this function.  One possible explanation is that the escarpment was built to protect an earlier wall segment which was removed or which collapsed.  One candidate is the cut stone component wall, f41, whose southeastern end is obscured by the soil pillar supporting Mittani wall a36. f41 has the same gradual curve as the escarpment in this region and can be projected southeast to fill the gap.
C3	2009-09-29_ZG823jW1.j	jW	The first escarpment, ^esc1, doesn't precisely follow the line of component wall, f189, as it runs from J1 into J5 and begins a gradual turn to the northwest.  In fact, there is a large gap (30cm maximum decreasing to zero) between the top stones of the escarpment and the wall's south face.  This gap is partially filled by the top stones of the earlier ^wall1 (f284).  Since escarpments are built to protect walls from being undermined, the gap is inconsistent with this function.  One possible explanation is that the escarpment was built to protect an earlier wall segment which was removed or which collapsed.  One candidate is the cut stone component wall, f41, whose southeastern end is obscured by the soil pillar supporting Mittani ^wall3. f41 has the same gradual curve as the escarpment in this region and can be projected southeast to fill the gap.
C10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This grouping of features reflects our current understanding of the dates that they were built.  Last season we grouped wall, f41; escarpment, f74; and limestone blocks, f99 into specific label a34, which we believed was constructed early, at an uncertain period.  Further excavation has revealed that f74 and f99 are from the Mittani period and should not have been associated with the EDIII wall, f41.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Tentatively assigned to Phase 3m in the J5A Phase sequence.  All ceramics from abutting elements are from the Early Dynastic III period.  In addition, the same wall in J1 was dated to EDIII on the basis of ceramics found there.

J5a36
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f3
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f151
A2	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	f192
A5	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	^wall3
A20	!!_!!	!!	installation
A21	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	!!	wall
B10	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	wall
B11	2022-09-21_ZG821jW2.j	jW	This group of features comprises the components of the Mittani period revetment wall system, which was built during the western retrenchment after the EDIII revetment wall, a35, the eastern apron, and the eastern staircase were no longer visible.
I99	2022-08-22_ZG822W2.j	jW	Tentatively assigned to Phase 7g in the J5A Phase sequence on the basis of the assignment of late revetment wall, f3, which is a component of this label.

J5a37
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a13
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f23
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f30
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^wka1
A20	!!_!!	!!	other features
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	mixed features
A22	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	work area
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	mixed features
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	This non-sacred area consists of two adjacent accumulations, f23 and f30 surrounding a late Mittani bin.  There were 12 basalt pestals found here, but no mortars or debitage.  Although this area is close to sacred space, we presume from the material that this space was used for commercial, not sacred purposes.

J5a38
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a8
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	a9
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f74
A2	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	f205
A5	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	^wka2
A20	!!_!!	!!	other features
A21	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	!!	mixed features
A22	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	work area
B10	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	mixed features
B11	2022-08-21_ZG821jW.j	jW	This non-sacred area consists of the top step of a stone staircase, f205, the surrounding dirt escarpment, f74, and two collections of artifacts; a cluster of 31 sling balls and two basalt pestals in which were imbedded bronze flakes.  These collections suggest that this area just outside the revetment wall to the temple mound was used for commercial activity.