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The purpose of excavating here is to see if there is a continuation of f64 in k74 of the brickmelt. If there is nothing we will stop digging here and continue in k74. C1 2008-07-31_SZ31.j pC we stopped excavating in k64, while we concentrate in the western part of J6. we decided to leave this area for next years C1 2008-07-31_S731PC.j pc today i decided to continue excavating here, in order to clear what is east of f64 in k74: we excavated a very hard surface f80, and under it was a line of rough stones, located in a line. This is very similar to J4f84 in k63. Next week we will clear better the relationship with the f64 brickmelt. C4 2008-07-31_SZ31.j pC we excavated only in the south-west part of the square in order to go faster and to excavate only in the part in which we expected to find something D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j pC f77 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j pC f79 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ f80 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ f84 D1a 2008-08-03_S803EA.j pC f89 D1a 2008-07-30_S803EA.j pC q135 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ q137 O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v40 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v41 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 ; J6k65 B11 2008-07-15_S714PC.j pC k65 is a 5x5 m regular locus, defined by the markers m3871, m4301, m4295, m4722, m4723, m3816, m4724, m4718 C1 0000-00-00_S720PC.j pC Today i moved Fahed and Ibrahim from k75 to k65 in order to reach the level of the melted brick surface f22. They continued excavating f16 q35, which is the same of yesterday: is hard when picked and crumble in consistency, has few pottery. After the second pickrun the consistency is much more softer and fine in texture. C1 2008-07-15_S714PC.j pC we begin excavating the topsoil f11, which has a lot of roots, dark organic band and stones. after removing the topsoil has been exposed a burnt area in the South-west corner. Tomorrow we will relay it and give a new feature number. It is very recent, being under the top soil. C1 2008-07-16_S716PC.j pc In k65 Shallal and Su'ar are the pickmen. today they were very slow, due probably to the hardness of the soil. We relayed f13, the burnt area under topsoil, which is f13: we did not collected pottery from this feature, because it is only a thin layer of ash. I decided to give a different number because extends in a big area. We reley it and then continue to excavate. The new feature is f14 which has lot of roots, dark organic band and a lot of pottery and stones. C1 2008-07-17_S718PC.j pC In k65 we keep the same feature as yesterday, f14, the accumulation under top soil, but after a pick run I changed feature in f16, which is similar to f14, but harder in consistency. C1 2008-07-19_S719PC.j pc Today we excavated only half of the square and the feature is still f16 q26 C1 2008-07-21_S721PC.j pC We continue with f31 which is still soft and has a lot of pottery C1 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC today we continue excavating f36, which is soft and fine in texture. I decided to stop excavating after breakfast, because the level is too deep to remove the dirt and tomorrow we will remove the baulks C1 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC today eA and cJC drew the North section C1 2008-07-24_SZ31.j pC we decided to stop excavating in k65 while we whanted to concentrate in the western portion of J6, and also because we found in this square only natural accumulations. f36 is the last feature C1 2008-07-24_SZ31.j pC we decided to stop excavating in this locus D1a 2008-07-15_S716CJC.j cJC f11 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j cJC f13 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j cJC f14 D1a 2008-07-16_S718PC.j cJC f16 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j hQ f36 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j cJC q15 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j cJC q17 D1a 2008-07-17_S718PC.j pC q21 D1a 2008-07-17_S718PC.j pC q24 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q26 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q35 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q46 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j dH q52 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j pC q58 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j eA q62 D20 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC m3816 D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400E D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400N O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v23a O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v24 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v24a O15 2008-07-23_S906CVP2.j hQ w7 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 ; J6k73 B11 2008-09-02_S902PC.j pC k73 is a locus excavated by J4 in season 2006. It is located North of k74 and the only J6 feature is f76 C1 0000-00-00_SZ31.j pC we decided to clean the south section of k73 while we observed that in the South-East corner there were bricks. Cleaning it we uncovered a wall which has only one row of bricks with mortar. The orientation is North-East South-West. While the piece of the wall is to small we can not decide if belongs to a structure, possibly related to f64 in k74, just next to it or something else. D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j eA f76 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j eA q179 O15 2008-08-04_S809CJC.j pC v45 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59 ; J6k74 B11 2008-08-11_S811PC.j pC It was excavated in season 2006 as a J4 locus. We decided to dig in this locus to have more space for the expected wall f130 B11 2009-01-09_SZ31.j pC k74 is a regular square 5x5 m and defined by the following markers: m4245, m4251, m4243, m4293, m4294, m4299, m4717, m3833, m3817 C1 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC After finishing excavating in k65, I moved the team of k65 in k75 (Ibrahim and Fahed): they removed the first 20 cm f39, which I define as top soil, because it was exposed for 2 years. The second pick run was full of big sherds, stones, pebbles and bricks. I think this was already a new feature and not anymore the topsoil. Tomorrow I will assign a new feature. In the North-East corner was found a baked brick with incised lines q64.1 . C1 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC today we removed f43 and found a new layer; it is a compact mud irregular surface with some sherds embedded: it is different from the above layer f43 C1 2008-07-26_S725PC.j pC today we finished to remove the East baulk of k74 and we finished cleaning all the squares C1 2008-07-28_S728PC.j pc We removed f59, which is an accumulation covering a mudbrick structure, which we are exposing and not fully understood; f59 was soft but with patches of harder soil and was characterized by the presence of a lot of pottery and big sherds. since we found a line of bricks in the Eastern part of the square f64, i decided to change feature number and expose the bricks and excavate in the western part which is f65: it is an accumulation which abuts f64 and is characterized by the presence of big sherds, carbons, brick crumples and pieces of tannur. It is the same as f59 which covers it. In the south part of the square aKarim found a rounded and flat clay object which has in one side the impression of a basket (i2). C1 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc Today we continued to excavate f65, the accumulation aganist the presumed structure in bricks, which is still brickmelt f64. f65 is a mixture of brick melt, pieces of bricks and lot of pottery. After removing f65 we found an homogeneus layer of brickmelt f72; while excavating was very similar to f65, therefore i suppose is still a mixture of brickmelt and soil. It is very similar to f60 in k85, which presents a similar situation to k74. after a meeting with fAB we decided to remove the top 5 cm of f64, in order to see if there is a brickfall or a wall. It was very useful because we saw a clear line of bricks with South direction. After a meeting with gB, fAB and all J6 staff, we instead decided to keep f64 and to excavate to the west f72 to search for the face of a wall. After removing f72 we encontered in the northern part of the square an accumulation without bricks and sloping west. It is f73 and we still did not excavated. Today mKB analyzed the pottery for f59 and f65 and it is all Mittani C1 2008-08-02_S802PC.j pC We started to remove the brickmelt f64, beginning from East; we removed also the presumed andiron; there were only fragments and not decorated. In the northern part we found a pit that cuts the brickmelt f64: it is filled by a very soft brown soil with few pottery; at the top of the pit there is a thin line of ash. We did not excavated all the pit, being half of it in the northern baulk. Therefore we decided to remove the baulk: it is f88 and the topmost part is very soft and corresponds to f59. C1 2008-08-03_S803PC.j pC Today we finished to remove the northern baulk f88: it was soft and was all accumulation same as f65 and f72. It covered a row of bricks which is very badly preserved and therefore removed and the pit f87. Half of the pit was excavated yesterday and today we excavated the northern part which was in the baulk. It is a round shallow pit, 40 cm high in the northern part and 20 cm in the southern part: this is due to the fact that we missed the top part of it while ecavating f64. This pit cuts f64 and f76, which probably originally belonged to the same structure, which now is melted. The pit cut f92 cuts the brickmelt and was probably a storage pit. when it came in disuse it was filled by earth and at the top by some bricks which sealed the top. The fill f87 was loose earth very fine in texture and soft; it has some rooths and lot of phytoliths, some pottery and stones and a burnt backed brick. There was also q155.1 and q155.2, which are lavorated stones of unknown use. The pottery looks Mittani C1 2008-08-04_S804PC.j pC Today we removed f64, which is still brickmelt: it is red brown in color, due to the presence of the bricks, and is full of pottery, which dates to Mittani (mKB). It has some stones and some pieces of tannur. We checked better in section the pit cut f92 and it is clear that it cuts the brickmelt f64: probably first there was the brickfall, then the upper part of it melted and was excavated the pit in the brickfall, then some brick fall into the pit. C1 2008-08-05_S805PC.j pC today we removed all f64, which is still brickmelt. It covers f103, which instead is brickfall, characterized by lot of broken bricks and by a brown reddish color. There are 5 stones f106 sitting in it. We found also a large piece of kilin waste q173.1 from one spot. C1 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC Today we removed all the brickfall f103 and we exposed the glacis f107, which is the same as f63, f109, f110 C1 2008-08-13_S813PC.j pC Today we removed the remaining part of the brickfall above the glacis f107. we assigned a new feature number to this part of the brickfall, being just 10 cm above the glacis: f123 is more compact and bricky, with some charcoal and a lot of pottery. We found at the beginning of the day, in the North-East part of k74, just above the glacis, two Early Dynastic seal impressions (i8 and i9). The pottery is mostly Mittani but with some earlier sherds mixed (mKB). While exposing the glacis, Su'ar found a floor pavement made of sherds. It seems to be just above the glacis and probably was made by people walking by: 2 m to the North there is the bin, which was dated mittani, therefore the floor could be linked to activities in the bin. We are very closed to Khabur and probably the glacis is dated to Phase 5. In J4 was found a floor J4f154, located South of the glacis J4f127. J4f127 is the same glacis as f107 and probably j4f154 is the same floor as in k74. In J4k100 was excavated f121, which was at the elevation of 8996@top a hard surface, which is probably the same glacis as f107 and f63 in k84 (8974@top), considering the slope toward South C1 2008-08-25_S825CVP.j cVP This square is not officially excavated right now but cVP is following the outlines of a structure, possibly a wall, feature number f166. C1 2008-08-26_S826CVP.j cVP In order to more clearly define the nature of the structure f166, a micro-sounding is opened in the broken area of the glacis. C1 2008-08-26_SZ31.j cVP We open a small rectangle running along the outer face of the possible wall f166, to be able to understand better its nature. In this micro-sounding the upper part consist in ashy layers but under it, and mixed, we have a brickfall accumulation, with brown soil and pieces of broken bricks. C1 2008-08-26_SZ31.j cVP We opened a small rectangular square in the outer face of this structure f166, inside the already existing hole of the glacis, searching down the wall. In the south part is still going down, but in the north end the lower layers of bricks seems to be projected outside, giving the impression of a "glacis"-like or "dyke"-like. D1a 2008-09-13_S913CVP.j cVP ^wall7 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC f39 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pC f43 D1a 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC f49 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j pC f54 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j hQ f57 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j eA f59 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j cJC f64 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j cJC f65 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j cJC f72 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j pC f73 D1a 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc f74 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j eA f87 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j hQ f88 D1a 2008-08-03_S803EA.j pC f92 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j hQ f103 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC f106 D1a 2008-08-06_S809CJC2.j eA f107 D1a 2008-08-11_S811PC.j pC f118 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j hQ f123 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f166 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f167 D1a 2008-08-31_S831PC.j pC f187 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i8 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i9 D1a 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j dH i18 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j pC q64 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j cJC q68 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j pC q83 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j eA q85 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j hQ q89 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q102 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q103 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q111 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j pC q114 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j pC q118 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q119 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j eA q124 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j cJC q127 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j hQ q129 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j pC q130 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j cJC q131 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j cJC q132 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j eA q145 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ q150 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ q151 D1a 2008-08-03_S804CJC.j eA q154 D1a 2008-08-03_S804CJC.j pC q155 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q160 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q161 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j hQ q170 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j eA q182 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j eA q191 D1a 2008-08-13_S813CJC.j pC q201 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j eA q206 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j eA q208 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q278 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q288 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q291 D20 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC m3833 D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400N D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400W O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v25 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v25a O15 2008-07-28_S809CJC.j hQ v31 O15 2008-07-28_S809CJC.j hQ v31a O15 2008-07-29_S809CJC.j cJC v34 O15 2008-07-29_S809CJC.j cJC v34a O15 2008-07-31_S906CVP2.j hQ w11 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v40 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v41 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v42 O15 2008-08-04_S809CJC.j pC v45 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57b O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57e O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59c O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v62 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v11 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v49 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v49a O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v99 O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v99a O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v99b O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v99c O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v116 O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v116a O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v116b O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v117 O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v117a O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v117b O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v117c O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v117d O15 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j cVP v118 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j cVP v113 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j cVP v113a O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v120 O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121 O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121a O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121b O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121c O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p4 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p5 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-08_S906CVP2.j cVP w27 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120a ; J6k75 B11 2008-07-14_S714PC.j pC k75 is a 5x5 m regular square, defined by the markers m4717, m3833, m4720, m3838, m3813, m4721, m3816, m4722, m3817 C1 0000-00-00_S720PC.j pC Today we took views for the brick crumble surface f22 and the stones f21. I decided to stop excavating here because we needed to remove the Eastern baulk of k85 f30: this was removed and it was created a slope for the wheelbarrow. Then i moved the workmen in k65 in order to reach the same level of k75 and to see if there is also the same brick crumble. C1 2008-07-14_S714PC.j pC today we begin to excavate in this square, beginning whith the top soil f5 q4: it has dark organic bands, roots and stones of 10-20cm, and lot of pottery sherds. After a pick run we changed feature in f7, which is a natural accumulation, characterized by the presence of roots, stones and lot of pottery: hB has beeen looking at them and she found very interesting: they are mixed up, but there are Khabur and Mittani. We should find very high Mittani, so we look already from the top features C1 2008-07-15_S714PC.j pC In k75 we keep also the same feature as yesterday f7 (hB: sherds mixed Khabur-mittani), but after a pick run i decided to change, being the clay more clean, fine in texture as f6 in k85 at the same elevation. f9 is the same as f6 in k85: it is fine in texture, hard when picked. There are a lot of pottery sherds. We found one Mittani painted sherd. sMuhammad exposed an area where the surface is harder and has a lot of stones (5cm) and sherds embedded, liyng flat: this is probably due to the presence of water flowing to this area, and probably is not due to human presence. I decided to relay and photograph this area and to give a new feature, f10: f10 sits in f9 and expands in the southern area of k75 and goes toward south in k76. I decided to finish excavating in k74 and move the workmen in k65. C1 2008-07-16_S716PC.j pc in k75 Fahed is the only pickmen for today: he went very fast, even the soil was hard: he removed first the South-east area which is f10 and then continue to remove f9. We forgot to take the bottom elevation of f10, but is only 10 cm thick. Today we keept the same feature because there was no particular change in the soil: f9 is still crumby in consistence and hard when picked. It is fine in texture as f6 in k85. Today from this feature we collected very few pottery. In the center of the square Fahed found an animal hole, which is at the elevation of 9191@ and is 5cm in diameter. After a pickrun the soil is more fine and has patches of softer and harder soil. In the North baulk there is a stone, probably floating. C1 2008-07-17_S718PC.j pC Today we continued removing f9, which is still the same of yesterday: it is hard when picked, has some pebbles (>10cm) and has patches of soft and harder soil and is crumby in consistency. After two pick runs i decided to change feature in f17, because the consistency was softer and very similar to f8 in k85, which is soft when picked and fine in texture and has few pottery sherds. f17 is characterized by the presence of phytolitics and some rooths. At the end of the day came out the top of some stones. C1 2008-07-19_S719PC.j pc We keep the same feature as yesterday, f17, which is still very soft when picked and fine in texture. f17 covers a line of 5 stones of >40 cm in dimension, which is f21: they are alligned in North eastern-South western direction: theese stones remindes me to the stones alligned in J2 in front of the second apron lJ2f15, lJ2f24, lJ2f27 at the elevation of 9170@ ca. and also f21 is at 9170@: i suppose f21 is the same as theese stones in J2. Probably at the end of Mittani, there was a level surface in front of the second apron and of the staircase, with theese stones associated to it. After removing f17 we changed feature in f18, which was more soft than f12 in k85. this feature is characterized by the presence of some melted brick pieces: after a pick run they exposed a brick melt surface, which is f22. The stones f21 are 10 cm higher than the brick surface f22 and are later in date. C1 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC I decided to move the workmen from k85 to k75, because there we decided for the moment to stop digging: we want to expose the same feature of k85 f37, being in k75 at the same level. We removed the brick melt f22 and after a pick run we found f39, which is present only in the Western part of the locus. It seems that f22 continues in the Eastern part. We took relays and we decided to clean all expose it and stop excavating. Today dH hQ cJC draw the North and the East section of k75 C1 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC today we removed the North baulk f47 and the East baulk f44. For the east baulk was created a slope for the wheelbarrow. Today eA and dH drew the North section C1 2008-07-26_S725PC.j pC today we cleaned the surface of k75 f42, since was exposed for few days. C1 2008-07-28_S728PC.j pc Today we opened k75 because i get a new team of workmen: they excavated f61, which is an accumulation which covers a surface of melted bricks. We will look carfully tomorrow for the brick, but it seems to be the same as the brick in k85, which are at the same elevation C1 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc today we continued removing f68, which is a mixture of soil and brick melt, very similar to f60 in k85 and to f65 in k74. It abuts f71, which is the brickmelt. The brickmelt shows no clear shape of complete bricks or walls, therfore i decided to remove the first 10 cm with the big pick, clean and then remove other 5 cm with the small pick and trowel, making a flat surface: this allow us to see the face of the bricks and to see if there is mortar in between. C1 2008-07-30_S730PC.j pc Today we removed only f68, which is a very hard accumulation, characterized by the presence of some brickmelt, some pebbles. Under f68 there is f80, a surface with bricks and small pebbles and some sherds lying flat. We took a view of all the square to see both features. We decided to leave f80 and remove 10 cm of the brickmelt f71: it is still brickmelt, hard when picked and comes out in big chunks; there are some stones and big pieces of bricks. C1 2008-07-30_S730PC.j pc today we removed part of the brickmelt f64, which could be a structure, but melted out. It is very hard and compact, fine in texture and is characterized by the presence of some stones (>15 cm), pieces of bricks and tannur. We removed it with the small pick and trowel, but we still did not found any coherent structure. In k73, in the South-East corner there is part of a brick wall f76. This was exposed two years ago, as we excavated in J4k73, but we left the wall because continued under the baulk and was the end of the excavation season. Now that we reached the same elevation in k74, we can suppose that this wall has its continuation to the South in k74 f64. Therefore today we stopped excavating in k74 and we cleaned the wall f76 and excavated to the East in k64. C1 2008-07-31_S731PC.j pc today we excavated only f71 which covered f82: f71 was the brickmelt, very hard and consisting of an uniform surface of melted bricks; f82, instead is softer, with patches of soil and harder where there are bricks. Being full of brick, partly also complete, this is the beginning of the brickfall, same as f75 in k85 C1 2008-08-02_S802PC.j pC Today we removed the brickmelt f82, which is very hard: is still alternig to have softer patches to harder ones and alterns hard surfaces to softer ones, very similar to a brickfall; this is probably due to different periods of exposure to the water and sun, which melted the bricks and then dried it out. To the East there is a part which is different and harder than f82. this is f78, which has some small stones, pebbles and some bricks. I differentiated from the brickmelt, being this more an accumulation than brickmelt. C1 2008-08-03_S803PC.j pC today we excavated the brickmelt f93, which is located under f82. It differentiate from f82 being more soft, but still full of brickmelt and pieces of bricks C1 2008-08-04_S804PC.j pC Today i looked well in the East section and i saw a clear layer of ash under the brickmelt f82. therefore i decided to excavate with the small pick and to find where are the limits of the ash: it covers half of the square and it abuts f82. It is soft in consistence and dark black-brown in color. There were fragments of faience beads. We collected a carbon sample q164.3 C1 2008-08-05_S805PC.j pC Today we exposed all the ash f97, which is located under the brickfall f93. It is a soft powderly soil full of ash and some carbons. There are few sherds. It seems that it slopes toward West and possibly is the same ash as f90 in k85, being both located under the brickfall. C1 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC Today we partly exposed the glacis f109, which is located directly under the ash f97 C1 2009-09-01_SZ31.j pc we decided to stop excavating in k75 at the level of the glacis f109 and to dig only in the western squares k84-k87 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j hQ f5 D1a 2008-07-14_S715CJC.j hQ f7 D1a 2008-07-15_S716CJC.j hQ f9 D1a 2008-07-15_S716CJC.j pC f10 D1a 2008-07-16_S718PC.j cJC f17 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j pC f18 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC f21 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC f22 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j hQ f42 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pC f44 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pc f47 D1a 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC f49 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j hQ f51 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j cJC f61 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j cJC f68 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j cJC f71 D1a 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc f74 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j dH f78 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ f82 D1a 2008-08-03_S803EA.j hQ f93 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA f94 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ f96 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ f97 D1a 2008-08-06_S809CJC2.j pC f109 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC f111 D1a 2008-08-11_S811PC.j pC f118 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j eA f119 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i6 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j hQ q4 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j hQ q7 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j eA q8 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j hQ q11 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j hQ q13 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j dH q19 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j hQ q20 D1a 2008-07-17_S718PC.j hQ q22 D1a 2008-07-17_S718PC.j cJC q25 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q27 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q28 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC q32 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q36 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j pC q61 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j eA q63 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j pC q65 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j hQ q71 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pC q76 D1a 0000-00-00_S727CJC.j pC q77 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j eA q84 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q107 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q117 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j eA q125 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j cJC q126 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j eA q134 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j eA q136 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ q138 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ q140 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j eA q147 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j eA q149 D1a 2008-08-03_S804CJC.j eA q152 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q157 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q158 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ q164 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j eA q172 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j hQ q176 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j eA q178 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC q186 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j eA q192 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j eA q196 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j eA q197 D20 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC m4721 D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400E D21 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j pC 400N O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-07-14_S809CJC.j hQ v7 O15 2008-07-14_S809CJC.j hQ v7a O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v20 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v23 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v26 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v26a O15 2008-07-23_S906CVP2.j hQ w5 O15 2008-07-23_S906CVP2.j hQ w6 O15 2008-07-29_S809CJC.j hQ v36 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v42a O15 2008-08-04_S809CJC.j hQ v47 O15 2008-08-04_S809CJC.j hQ v47a O15 2008-08-04_S809CJC.j hQ v47b O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w13 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57b O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57e O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59b O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v63 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v11 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v51 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v51a O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v100 O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v100a O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v100b O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v100c O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v120 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p3 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p4 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120a O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120b ; J6k83 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f134 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC q211 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j eA q215 ; J6k84 B11 2008-07-13_S707PC.j pC Is not a regular square, but a trapezoidal locus, due also to the trench k200 to the West. Is defined by m3821, m3824, m4245, m3828, m3829, m3820, m3830 C1 2008-07-13_S707PC.j pC k84 is a locus already excavated in J4 in season 2005 and in season 2004 as J2. It is a half square being excavated in J4 for the southern half as k84 and the northern half as k100 together with k83. k84 was excavated until the elevation 9150@. The features in k84 in J4 were J4f87 for the top soil, J4f88 for the accumulation under top soil. C1 2008-07-13_S707PC.j pC today we begin removing the first 50 cm from the west baulk in k84, left by the J4 excavation 2006. This baulk is important because it is showing the eastern side of the trench excavated by the german team in season 2000. We want do draw all the section: the first 2 meters will be drawn from k84 and the rest, once collapsed this first part of the baulk, will be drawn from J2 k100 to the west (k200). After removing the 50 cm hB, eA, hB, dH draw the section. The section shows the top soil and the accumulation for 1m. It is clean from pottery and stones (very few). In J4f88 we have already Khabur pottery C1 2008-07-19_S719PC.j pc Today we removed the West baulk, which is f1: it has all features of k84 (see J4) and therefore has no stratigraphic importance. C1 2008-07-21_S721PC.j pC Today i decided to move Su'ar in k84 and begin excavating here: being the removing of the dirt difficult from the top of the baulk, i decided to remove the east baulk of k84 (which is a half baulk, partly removed in season 2004 as J4), which is f34. C1 2008-07-21_S721PC.j pC k84 was excavated in season 2006: it was separated in two loci: k84 North and k84 South. The southern part was left higher and the Northern part was dig together with k83 south; from this two half squares we made a new square J4k100 which was a deep sounding into the temple mound. C1 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC Today we removed the first 10 cm of soil: I consider it as a topsoil, being exposed for two years. This feature is f32, which is very dusty and has few pottery. after the first pick run Su'ar found f38, which is the same of f37 in k85: it is limited only in the South-East part of the square. in the North West part there is a surface of brick melt: it is f41 and some bricks are visible. I decided first to excavate f41 and then f38. In season 2006, when k84 was excavated as J4 locus, was not found this feature: this means that it did not extend in the northern part, where it was excavated deeper. C1 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC we removed f38 which is the same feature as f37: has a lot of pebbles, sherds and bones. Once removed it was very similar to f41, which instead had melted bricks. f38 was soft and dusty and had a lot of sherds. After removing it, we went down for 30 cm; Su'ar looked in the South section of k84 and found a nice compacted surface; he removed the layer above f45 and exposed f46: f46 is a highly compacted floor surface, with some sherds laying flat (a khabur painted sherd was just above it); atop f45 was a seal i1: we relayed it, took pictures and stopped excavating. C1 2008-07-24_S725PC.j pC today we removed the floor surface f46, which was found the day before. It was very compact and hard to remove and came out in big chunks, and once removed we found a lot of pieces of bricks and brick melt. This surface covered another compact surface with bricks and some ashes and few carbons: this is f52, which is the beginning of the brickfall at elevation of 9023@ top. I decided to remove the first 10 cm of this, to see if under this there is a structure. It continue to be bricks and the surface was full of bricks located in different direction, building any kind of organized surface. I decided to change feature, being this different in quantity of brick, and more clearly a brickfall. It is f53, and is characterized by a slope going to North and at least 10 bricks of different dimensions and color (mostly are red, but there are also grey bricks). We took views of this surface v28 and relayed it. we went down for two other pick runs and the brickfall continued. This means that we are above a kind of a mudbrick structure that collapsed. The pottery is all mixed, some khabur, mittani, phase 23 sherds. C1 2008-07-26_S725PC.j pC Today in the early morning I looked in the section to check if the brickfall slopes; it is clear that the surface is flat, and Su'ar probably excavated for mistake as a slope. We continued removing the brickfall f53 which is still full of bricks but building any coherent shape, as a wall. hB analyzed the pottery coming from f53 and it is Phase 33. Before breakfast fAB came to see the brickfall and he looked in section showing us that there are some bricks with mortar in between. Also the brickfall is much more full of bricks than before. We have the feeling that we are reaching a sructure. I decided to change feature number, relay it and photograph, which is v29. The new feature is f55: fAB suggested to dig in a trench large 50 cm and long 2m along the West section, going down for 30 cm: in this way we should see a wall from the section. We proceeded like this but we found only the end of the brickfall after 20 cm. Under it there is a mud surface, hard and sloping south. This remembers me to J4f121 in J4k100, which is also sloping South and was orange-brown. We did not remove it and today we did not expose it all. C1 2008-07-28_S728PC.j pc Today we finished removing the brickfall f55: it is full of red and grey unbaked bricks, crumbly and is hard when picked, it has not much pottery; After removing it, we found a hard surface which is sloping towards South-West f63. This is an indication that there is a boundary to the west that stopps the slope. This slope could be a glacis which covers the ancient mound of the temple terrace and was covered by this glacis to protect it; it probably ends aganist the wall f130. this situation reminds me to J3, were a series of glacis were uncovered: they are the coating of the temple mound, finishing in behind the revetment wall (J3f150 is the glacis). We covered the glacis and we started removing the western baulk. I decided to excavate it stratigraphically, following the accumulations which are f66 and then the floor f46 which in the baulk is f67. this floor was relayed and then removed together with the brickfall. The brickfall coveres wall f127, which is the memory stones of the wall f129. In the baulk was found a jar stopper i2 C1 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc Today we finished removing the West baulk of k84, which is f69: it is the brickfall, same as f55, and it covered partly wall f127, the memory stones of f129. The brickfall covered also the glacis f63, slopeing towards South-West and has a hard surface with some small calcite pebbles. It is very similar to the late mud glacis in J3. C1 2008-08-02_S802PC.j pC today was removed a small piece of the western baulk f69, which was left over to keep the stones of f127: today we decided to remove it because the stones are not in danger to fall down. Removing this piece of brickfall f69, was clear that the glacis f63 ends on the lower stones of f127. Probably the glacis continued also for some cm to the west, because it seems cut by the trench k200: this part was excavated as a trench by the german team of Tübingen; it runs Sud-North (see introduction to J6 and MDOG 134 2002 for more information). In the Eastern section of k200 is possible to see the continuation of the glacis to the south: the indication is that on top of this presumed slope seen in section sits the brickfall ^bf2. Under this line the stratigraphy changes drastically. C1 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC today we removed the northern part of the East baulk of k84, which is f108 C1 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC today we removed the glacis f63, which has a very hard surface but when removed was platy in structure and reddish in color. It is the same as f107 in k74. Under f63 we found f132, which is another glacis, probably the grey one same as f110 in k85. We decided to remove part of the backfill in k84 North, which is J4k100: this was a deep sounding made in 2006 in J4: we decided to remove part of the backfill to see the limits of the sounding and to see better the East section: the first feature we see in section is J4f150, which was a red accumulation sloping sharply towards South. It is very important because we will find the same feature to the South in k84. It is also one of the reasons to belive that there is the wall f130 in k84 and it falls into the South baulk of J4k100 which is now the North baulk of k84. C1 2008-08-17_S817CVP.j cVP After diggin the "glacis" f132 down the NW corner, it dissapear showing a strip of pebble floor running NS-SW, not even a meter wide, called f140. This also disappear so the NW corner of the square is filled by a soft brown soil called f141. Cutting the glacis and also a part of the pebble floor, an elongated pit filled with ashy soil has been found. The cut is not very deep, some 15 cm, and the bottom is also brown soil. In its interior the ashy filling contained one sealing, a piece of inlaid and a small miniature vessel C1 2008-08-18_S817CVP.j cVP After cleaning all the surface of our area in this square is seen more clearly the dark spot that would be the continuation of the ashy layer f142 in this square. Of course it is just visible in the strip of earth left as a baulk after south of the deep sounding J04. C1 2008-08-18_S817CVP.j cVP Today we clean eveything and make photos of the pebble floor f140, as we are going to remove it. The photos also relate this floor with the one on k85, f135. C1 2008-08-19_S819PC.j cVP First in the morning we clean and photo the situation of the ashy layer f142 in relation with the upper brown one f141. Then we dig f141 trying to find the grey in the SW of the square. We identify the edges of f142 as a round area (maybe a dump?), that we relay and photograph, and later excavate almost completely. C1 2008-08-21_S824CVP.j cVP Still excavating f151. We draw the North section. Tomorrow the workers will come to remove the backfill in k83 so that next Saturday we will be able to remove this N baulk. C1 2008-08-23_S824CVP.j cVP We remove first the North baulk, and then we began to remove the upper part of the East baulk. For the Noeth baulk the workers had already removed the bakfill of k83 (J4) Saturday afternoon, so we have some meter and a half of freed North baulk to dig. We gave one feature number for the baulk but we differentiate the samples coming from the ash shallow pit (f142), 2 q-lots, and one q-item (a bead). We leave the baulk at the level were the backfill still remains. The East baulk we dig by feature, even if considering the upper part, until the first pebble floor, as one feature number, f156, with the first two glacis. The remains of the pebble floor that in k84 we called f140 here we called f157. We clean it, make a photo, and the surveyors relay it. The brown soil is f160, equal to f151 in k84. C1 2008-08-24_S824CVP.j cVP We begin excavating f161. And then we have to give up work because of the weather and come back to the office to work in the UGR. C1 2008-08-25_S825CVP.j cVP Still digging the E baulk. Now the reddish accumulation is considered another feature, f162, and the more red underneath f164. At the beginning of f164 a big stone is found in the north border of the baulk, precisely also under the earth left that supports the stones of f101. It seems to be the wall that we were looking for, the equivalent of f130 from the German trench. Once we reach in the E baulk the level left at the rest of k84 we stop the digging of the baulk and began to work again inside the square. We also draw the small North baulk and take photos. C1 2008-08-25_S826PC.j pC removed the West baulk following the stratigraphy: the top feature is the glacis f156, same as f63; underneath we found a floor surface f157, characterized by a compact surface and many sherds lying flat: probably is the same as f135 in k85 and f140 in k84; under it were only natural accumulations f160, until we get to a red-brownish layer more wet and compact, which is f164: this layer is the same as J4f150 and is a intensive red-orange bricky layer, with sharp boundaries on the upper and lower part. There are some ashy thin layers and all f164 is sloping South-East. we found it also in k84 and we give the same feature number. f164 was covering a stone f163, which is a nice smooth stone and seems in its originary position embedded in f164. f164 was difficult to find, because the accumulation above it, same as f151, is very wet and similar in consistence to f164; therefore we missed part of it, expecially while excavating f151 in k84. We looked in the north section and was clear that we cut the first 15 cm of it. We decided to dig a trench in the eastern part of the square to see it from the section. f164 slopes towasrd South and stops in the northern part of k84. In the East section of J4kf150 (same as f164) is 1 meter thick and slopes sharply South, and were is this sharp slope it became thinner and then disappears in k84. This layer is probably a kind of fill or escarpment located east to the wall f129 in order to protect it and it abuts it (we do not see this contact, but it is obvious that f164 starts on the eastern side of f129). The pottery analyzed from f164 was mostly phase h33 with some sherds phase h23 C1 2008-08-26_S826PC.j pC Today we removed f101, which is a concentration of stones in front of the wall f130. Before removing it, there were only 3 stones visible, but when we removed the west baulk of k84, came out other stones belonging to the same feature. f101 is not floating stones but is a wall consisting in 13 stones of different dimensions and quality, which join to each other; we decided to make 3 q-items for 3 stones (stone f101.2, f101.3, f101.4) q276.1, q276.2, q276.3, because this stones were very smooth in one side. We decided to remove f101 because we were removing the west baulk of k84, and doing this we saw that this stones were a kind of 'memory stones' of the wall f130 and covered it. To understand if the wall f130 continues to the East and what kind of construction is, we had to remove f101. Was also useful to date f101 and to understand that is a mittani wall (the pottery between the stones was mixed but mostly mittani). Under the stone f101.9 we fond a nice stone Early Dynastic II seal i17 (v102). we removed the stones with the help of Mohammed Omo and of the crane. some of the stones were partly broken and therefore when they collapsed they broke up in many pieces. We decided to have two different feature number for the pottery: f170 is the pottery found between the stones, and which dates wall f101, instead the pottery found in front of it belongs to a mixture of features and is f169. in front of stone f101.13 there is a floor surface f171 (v108) Once removed all the stones of f101, we found two stones, probably not belonging to f101, therefore we decided to leave them and check tomorrow. One of theese stones is oblique and has a white bluish color. The other stone is layed flat and is in front of f130. Could probably belong to a structure South of the wall f130, to which belongs also the oblique stone f100. C1 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC Today we first removed f176, which is the remaining part of the accumulation under the stones f101 in the west baulk of k84. We then expose f171, a floor in front of stones f177 and f100, which abuts them; it is located at 8851@top. We found a bronze pin i19 and a bronze spatula i21 in this floor. We remove it all to expose all the stones in front of wall f130 and to expose the floor surface f183. f183 was covered by f174, which is a brown reddish accumulation, mixed with f164, which gives an orange coloration to the feature. f183 is a compact surface sloping south with some sherds lying flat and was found just under f174. We expose it exerywhere in k84. While removing f174 in front of wall f130, we found directly on the stone a bronze nail i20. To expose the East face of wall f130 we decided to cut back the west section of k84. We remove it in feature: first we removed the brickfall f179, then we exposed f180, which is the same as J4f121. at the top elevation of f180, was found a thin layer of ash, which slopes toward South, following the slope of f180. We then removed f181, the top of the equal to J4f150. It is reddish and has patches of the orange of f164. It has two top elevations: the Western is 5 cm higher then the eastern part. Under it we removed f164, the reddish orange fill aganist wall f129, dated to phase h33 by the pottery. We decided to make a small trench in front of stone f177 and f100 in order to expose as much as possible of the two oblique stones. This trench is k102 D1a 2008-07-13_S713CJC.j cJC f1 D1a 2007-07-21_S721PC2.j pC f32 D1a 2007-07-21_S721PC2.j pC f34 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC f38 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pc f41 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pC f45 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j pC f46 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j dH f48 D1a 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC f49 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j pC f50 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j hQ f52 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j hQ f53 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j cJC f55 D1a 2008-07-24_S727CJC.j cJC f56 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j hQ f62 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j hQ f63 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j hQ f66 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j hQ f67 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j hQ f69 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j pC f99 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j pC f100 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j pC f101 D1a 2008-08-06_S809CJC2.j cJC f108 D1a 2008-08-11_S811PC.j pC f118 D1a 2008-08-24_S824PC.j pC f122 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f127 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f129 D1a 2008-07-26_S725PC.j pC f130 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f132 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f140 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f141 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f142 D1a 2008-08-19_S824CVP1.j pC f150 D1a 2008-08-19_S824CVP1.j pC f151 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f153 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f155 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f156 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f157 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f160 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f162 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f163 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f164 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f169 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f170 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f171 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f172 D1a 2008-09-02_S902PC.j pC f174 D1a 2008-09-02_S902PC.j pC f176 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f177 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f178 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f179 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f180 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f181 D1a 2008-12-31_SZ31.j pC f182 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f185 D1a 2008-07-23_S803EA.j eA i1 D1a 2008-07-28_S803EA.j eA i2 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i4 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i7 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i11 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i12 D1a 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j dH i15 D1a 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j dH i16 D1a 2008-09-10_S910SC.j sC i19 D1a 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j dH i20 D1a 2008-08-27_S828CVP.j dH i21 D1a 2008-07-13_S713CJC.j cJC q1 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC q29 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q48 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q50 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j pC q57 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j hQ q60 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j hQ q66 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j hQ q67 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j hQ q69 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j hQ q72 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j dH q74 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j dH q75 D1a 0000-00-00_S727CJC.j pC q78 D1a 0000-00-00_S727CJC.j pC q79 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j hQ q81 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j hQ q82 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j eA q86 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j eA q88 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q93 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j hQ q113 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q116 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q120 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j eA q123 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j hQ q143 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j pC q146 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j cJC q183 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC q184 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j eA q188 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j eA q189 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j dH q214 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j eA q221 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q223 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q231 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q233 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j eA q237 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j eA q238 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q244 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j pC q249 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j eA q263 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j eA q264 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j eA q265 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j eA q266 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j pC q268 D1a 2008-08-24_S826PC.j pC q269 D1a 2008-08-25_S826PC.j eA q271 D1a 2008-08-25_S826PC.j eA q272 D1a 2008-08-25_S826PC.j eA q273 D1a 2008-08-25_S826PC.j eA q274 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q276 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q277 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q279 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q280 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q281 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q282 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q283 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q286 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q289 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q292 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q293 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q294 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q295 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q296 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q297 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q298 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q299 O15 0000-00-00_S809CJC.j hQ v5 O15 0000-00-00_S809CJC.j hQ v5a O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1a O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v2b O15 2008-07-14_S809CJC.j hQ v8 O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v20 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v22 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j hQ v27 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j pC v28 O15 2008-07-23_S809CJC.j pC v28a O15 2008-07-28_S809CJC.j hQ v30 O15 2008-07-28_S809CJC.j hQ v32 O15 2008-07-28_S809CJC.j hQ v32a O15 2008-07-28_S906CVP2.j hQ w8 O15 2008-07-29_S809CJC.j hQ v35 O15 2008-07-31_S906CVP2.j hQ w12 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v39 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v39a O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v43 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v44 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w16 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w20 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w24 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w25 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57b O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57c O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59c O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v62 O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64 O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64a O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64b O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v68 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v68a O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v69 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v69a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v3 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v11 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v29 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72a O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72b O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v73 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v74 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j hQ v53 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v48 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v50 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v50a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v54 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v80 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v80a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v81 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v81a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82b O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82c O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82d O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v82e O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v78 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v78a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v79 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v83 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v83a O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v83b O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v83c O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v84 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v84a O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v85 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v86 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v86a O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v86b O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v86c O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v90 O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v90a O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v90b O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v90c O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v92 O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v92a O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v92b O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v93 O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v93a O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v93b O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v93c O15 2008-08-23_S828CVP.j cVP v93d O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v96 O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v96a O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v97 O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v97a O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v98 O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v98a O15 2008-08-25_S828CVP.j cVP v98b O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v102 O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v102a O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v120 O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121 O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121a O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121b O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v121c O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v103 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v104 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v104a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v105 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v106 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v107 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v107a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v107b O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v107c O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v107d O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v108 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v108a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v108b O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v109 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v109a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v111 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v111b O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v111c O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v111d O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v114 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v114a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v114c O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v114d O15 2008-08-31_S831PC.j pC v33 O15 2008-09-01_S828CVP.j pC v119 O15 2008-09-01_S828CVP.j pC v119a O15 2008-09-01_S828CVP.j pC v119b O15 2008-09-01_S828CVP.j pC v119c O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p4 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p5 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v122 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v123 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v123a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v125 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v125a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126b O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v127 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134a O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134b ; J6k85 B11 2008-07-13_S707PC.j pC k85 is defined by the markers m3813, m3836, m3834, m4719, m3835, m4717, m3830, m3820. k85 is a trapezoidal locus located East of k200. The trench k200 was excavated before and does not follow the excavation grid, being excavated from another team (see k200 for further information) C1 0000-00-00_S720PC.j pC All the day was removed the West baulk f19: it has all features of k85 and in the Southern part is larger than 1 meter. C1 2008-07-13_S707PC.j pC we begin to excavate the top soil which is f2. Then we change number in f3 for the natural accumulation under the top soil, which is 30 cm thick. It is a natural accumulation crumby and soft in texture. It has dark organic bands and roots. The pottery collected has been looked and thrown away, being the first 40 cm. C1 2008-07-14_S714PC.j pC k85 was relayed because it is not a regualr locus but is trapezoidal. Today we excavated f4, which is a natural accumulation with stones >10cm, few pottery sherds. It is soft when picked and fine in texture; in the southern area is more hard and aKarim exposed a part of it. We took the elevation and we decided to change feature number, since the surface expands in all the locus. The new feature is f6, which at the top elevation I defined mud: this surface is irregular and has few pottery sherds and some stones (>5cm). This surface has been photographed (v6 and v6a) and relayed (4 points in the limits of the feature, which corrisponds to the limit of k85: r2, r3, r4, r5). The difference between the feature above, f4, can be seen in section, where f4 is more soft, instead f6 is more compact, fine in texture and clean from pottery sherds. This feature at different levels is characterized by more compact surface, due to the exposure to water. hQ has been looked to the sherds in k85 and her first impression is that there is no interesting sherd, instead in k74 there are more interesting sherds. C1 2008-07-15_S714PC.j pC Today we continue excavating in k85 and in k75. We keep f6 because is still the same accumulation. Then i decided to change the feature number, not because we see a change in the feature, but because we went down for at least 40 cm with the same feature. f8 is very similar to f6, but is darker in color and is more wet. It is characterized by the presence of patches of harder and softer soil, due to the exposure to water. We changed feature in f12, which is the same clay, fine in texture, but has a platy structure when picked. aKarim exposed a small area with the small pick: this feature has a lot of phytoliths and some ashes. This was probably exposed to water and was compacted naturally. Tomorrow we will expose more this area but I don' t give too much importance, because it seems natural: the clay is very clean and with few pottery sherds. C1 2008-07-16_S716PC.j pc Today we keept all the day f12, which is always the same clay, very fine in texture and very soft. It has still very few pottery or stones. The soil comes out in chunks when picked and leaves color on fingers. In the Western area there are some small carbons, and there are still roots. gB observed this feature and finds it very interesting because of the texture and that is so soft. In k85 we expect to find a brick fall at the elevation of 90.00@ or even higher. At the end of the day we cleaned all because we reached the elevation of k84. eA and cJC draw the North section and then Diadin photographed it. Tomorrow we will take down the North section. C1 2008-07-17_S718PC.j pC Today in k85 was removed the North baulk: it is f15 but it includes all features in k85 (f2, f3, f4, f6, f8, f12) C1 2008-07-19_S719PC.j pc Today cJC and dH draw the West section of k85, because we want to remove the baulk. Afterwards we took the view of the section. In k85 we stop excavating, while we remove all the baulk. C1 2008-07-21_S721PC.j pC Today aKarim and Táer finished to remove the West baulk f19. Then he removed f33, which was still very soft when picked and fine in texture, very dusty when removed. They exposed a nice surface of compacted soil with some patches of softer soil: this surface had some sherds liyng flat, some pebbles, ashes and brick crumbles. I decided to expose all and to make a picture, which is v19: a big smooth and flat stone came out under f33. The new feature is f35 and has a lot of pottery and is soft and dusty when removed: there is no clear interface between f33 and f35: the difference is that f35 has more pottery and pebbles and is more reddish. C1 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC Today we excacated only few cm, because we found a level with a lot of pebbles under f35, which had also lot of pottery and some pebbles. f37 presents a hard surface, with a lot of pebbles, sherds and some animal bones. This is also characterized by the presence of brick crumbles, baked bricks and melted bricks. There are also some ashes. In the South part of the square there is a big stone f40. C1 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC today we removed the eastern baulk of k85 which is f30 q73: it was left only half of it because was created a ramp for the wheelbarrow. C1 2008-07-26_S725PC.j pC today we cleaned the surface of f37, since was exposed for few days. C1 2008-07-28_S728PC.j pc Today we removed f37, which was exposed since last week, but we decided to leave it since we removed all baulks. In one pickrun were collected 7 bags of pottery in f37, which is Mittani (mKB). f37 was also full of bones, brick crumbles and pebbles. We found several pieces of ancient cement q105.1 in f37. We removed the stone f40 which was resting on top of f37. Probably f37 is a dump coming from the structures in k75, k74, which we are exposing today. f37 covered f60, which is a soft accumulation full of pottery and pieces of gypsum: f60 covered a surface of melted bricks, that today we did not excavated and tomorrow we will give a new feature number. C1 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j hQ we started digging f70 which was not covering the whole locus. Part of the western part of k85 is f60. f70 is divided into 3 parts, the nothern part consists of completed bricks. The eastern part of f70 is divided also into the southern part which is very compact but flat and smooth (probably because of the stone f40 which we removed); and the nothern part is a brick melt. C1 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc Today we continued to excavate f60, which is an accumulation with some brick melt and is soft when picked. It abuts and covers f70, which is the brickmelt located in the northern and eastern part of the square. We decided to remove the first 10 cm of the brickmelt f70 to see if there is a clear brickfall or structure under it, but in the East part disappeared and continued in the northern. We removed also the northern part and under seems to be a mixture of f60 and f70. This is probably due to the fact that the brickmelt mixes up with other accumulation. Therfore all k85 at the end of the day was uniform of red melted bricks and patches of softer soil. In the southern part of the square there is a complete grinding stone, probably still in situ. C1 2008-07-30_S730PC.j pc today we removed only f75, which is the brickfall same as f53 in k84. C1 2008-07-31_S731PC.j pc today we removed the North baulk: i decided toexcavate it in different features, following the stratigraphy we encontered in k85: the first 40 cm are accumulations f81, then there is the brickmelt and brickfall f83. We tried to find f37, the dump with a lot of pebbles and sherds, but we did not find it, therefore i decided to excavate it as brickfall, being all the feature brickmelt and brickfall, same as f75 and f53 f52. C1 2008-08-02_S802PC.j pC Today we removed the upper part of the western baulk f85, which is soft. We decided still to keep the remaing part of the baulk because shows nicely the brickfall. We excavated the brickfall f75 and f86. f75 is the same of f53 and f86 is the same as f55, which covers the glacis f63. At the end of the day we uncovered some large stones. C1 2008-08-03_S803PC.j pC Today we excavated f86, which is the brickfall: it is a soft brown wet soil with big chunks of red and grey bricks whith some carbons and stones. there are some stones f91 sitting in f86: they are 5 stones of >50cm located in a line South-West East-North. Because they sit in the brickfall they come probably from the presumed structure which created the brickfall; we also found two door socket in f86 q153.2. In the Southern part of k85 there is a lens of ash f86, which sits in the brickfall f89. This is characterized by the presence of carbons, brick cumples and vegetal inclusions: we made a sample of this q153.1 C1 2008-08-04_S804PC.j pC Today we begin to remove the western baulk: the topmost feature is f94, which is an accumulation full of pottery and pebbles and some stones, same as f37; after removing it we changed feature in f98, which is the brickmelt f70: it is harder and compact. Today we had a camera taking views every 50 cm of the removing of the baulk. This will allow us to see the sequence of the removing and the discovery of the glacis f63 and the wall f130. We also removed part of f90, which is an ashy accumulation under the brickfall. We started to remove it because we thougt that was a lens inside the brickfall, but the East section of k200 shows clearly the relationship between the brickfall and f90, which overlays it C1 2008-08-05_S805PC.j pC Today we finished to remove the west baulk f98, which is the brickfall same as f86. We found i3, which is a small arryballos probably to keep some kind of oil or parfums. dM took 2 views of the removing of the baulk v48. C1 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC Today we removed all the brickfall f86 and the ash f90. They cover the glacis f110, but the brickfall overlays the ash. f90 is the same as f97 in k75 and the ash is visible in the East section of k200, where is located under the brickfall. C1 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC Today we started to remove the glacis f110 and we found under it a floor surface characterized by sherds lying flat and some small pebbles C1 2008-08-17_S817CVP.j cVP the only operation that has been done in this square today has been the drawing of the West section, in order to be able to excavate the western Baulk tomorrow C1 2008-08-18_S817CVP.j cVP Today we remove the E baulk C1 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC today we removed the west baulk f145 which is in The upper and northern half brickfall same as f86, in the Southern and lower part is the ashy layer same as f90. It was decided to remove it all as one feature, since the ash was mixed to the brickfall in the middle and was difficolt to distinguish them C1 2008-08-19_S819PC.j pC Today we started in k85: we removed the floor f135 and then the glacis which is located in the western part of the square (f110). Then in all the locus was found a soft brown accumulation with few pottery f148 C1 2008-08-20_S820PC.j pC Today we excatated in all the square f148, same feature as yesterday: it is a brown soft accumulation, wet and with lot of organic material, bones and few pottery. Under it we found a surface compacted naturally, where some sherds were lying flat and some small pebbles were on the surface. We called it floor but excavating it was the same accumulation as f148, only was more compact. C1 2008-08-25_S826PC.j pC removed the west baulk f161 which consists in natural accumulations (f148, f154, f158) C1 2008-08-26_S826PC.j pC we removed the north baulk in all one feature f168, which consists in natural accumulations. This baulk was very important because the layers are flat in opposition to the northern portion of k84 were the layers are at 45° slope (see f164). This section marks the beginning of the change in the stratigraphy and therefore we took several pictures of it showing the difference with the West baulk of k84 and J4k100. D1a 2008-07-13_S713CJC.j cJC f2 D1a 2008-07-13_S714CJC.j hQ f3 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j hQ f4 D1a 2008-07-14_S715CJC.j hQ f6 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j hQ f8 D1a 2008-07-15_S716CJC.j cJC f12 D1a 2008-07-16_S718PC.j cJC f15 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC f19 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j dH f30 D1a 2007-07-21_S721PC2.j pC f33 D1a 2007-07-21_S721PC2.j hQ f35 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j pC f37 D1a 2008-07-22_S722PC.j hQ f40 D1a 2008-07-23_S723PC.j pC f49 D1a 2008-07-29_S728HQ.j hQ f60 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j hQ f70 D1a 2008-07-29_S729PC.j pc f74 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j hQ f75 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ f81 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ f83 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j pC f85 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j hQ f86 D1a 2008-08-03_S803EA.j hQ f90 D1a 2008-08-03_S803EA.j pC f91 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC f95 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC f98 D1a 2008-08-04_S804PC.j pC f102 D1a 2008-08-06_S809CJC2.j pC f110 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC f113 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC f114 D1a 2008-08-11_S811PC.j pC f118 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j cJC f120 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f135 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC f145 D1a 2008-08-19_S824CVP1.j pC f148 D1a 2008-08-19_S824CVP1.j pC f152 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f154 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j hQ f158 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f161 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f168 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i3 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i5 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i5.1 D1a 2008-07-13_S713CJC.j hQ q2 D1a 2008-07-13_S713CJC.j hQ q3 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j cJC q5 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j cJC q6 D1a 2008-07-14_S714CJC.j eA q9 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j hQ q10 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j cJC q12 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j cJC q14 D1a 2008-07-15_S715CJC.j cJC q16 D1a 2008-07-16_S716CJC.j cJC q18 D1a 2008-07-17_S718PC.j cJC q23 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j cJC q30 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q40 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j dH q43 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q47 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q49 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j hQ q51 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q53 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q54 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q55 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j hQ q56 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j hQ q73 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j hQ q90 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q92 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q95 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q96 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q97 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q98 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q99 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q100 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q101 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q104 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q105 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j hQ q106 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q108 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q109 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q110 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q112 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j eA q115 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j eA q122 D1a 2008-07-29_S729CJC.j hQ q128 D1a 2008-07-30_S730CJC.j eA q133 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j pC q139 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ q141 D1a 2008-07-31_S803EA.j hQ q142 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j eA q144 D1a 2008-08-02_S803EA.j hQ q148 D1a 2008-08-03_S804CJC.j eA q153 D1a 2008-08-03_S804CJC.j hQ q156 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q159 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j eA q162 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC q163 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC q165 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC q166 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j cJC q167 D1a 2008-08-04_S804CJC.j hQ q168 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j hQ q169 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC q173 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j eA q175 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j eA q177 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j hQ q181 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC q185 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC q187 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j eA q190 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j cJC q199 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j eA q205 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j pC q234 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q243 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q246 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j pC q247 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j pC q248 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j eA q262 D1a 2008-08-23_S824CVP1.j hQ q267 D1a 2008-08-24_S826PC.j pC q270 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q275 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q285 D3 2008-07-14_S714CJCR.j cJC r2 (38255 51385 - 9209 / Relay location: k85) D3 2008-07-14_S714CJCR.j cJC r3 (38642 51397 - 9227 / Relay location: k85) D3 2008-07-14_S714CJCR.j cJC r4 (38572 51603 - 9222 / Relay location: k85) D3 2008-07-14_S714CJCR.j cJC r5 (38210 51547 - 9219 / Relay location: k85) D20 2008-07-13_S716CJC.j pC m3813 D21 2008-07-13_S716CJC.j pC 270W D21 2008-07-13_S716CJC.j pC 400N O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-07-14_S809CJC.j hQ v6 O15 2008-07-14_S809CJC.j hQ v8 O15 2008-07-17_S809CJC.j pC v10 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v16 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v16a O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v17 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v17a O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v18 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j cJC v18a O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v12 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v12a O15 2008-07-21_S809CJC.j cJC v19 O15 2008-07-21_S809CJC.j cJC v19a O15 2008-07-21_S906CVP2.j hQ w3 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v20 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v20a O15 2008-07-23_S906CVP2.j hQ w4 O15 2008-07-31_S809CJC.j hQ v37 O15 2008-07-31_S809CJC.j hQ v37a O15 2008-07-31_S809CJC.j hQ v38 O15 2008-07-31_S809CJC.j hQ v38a O15 2008-07-31_S906CVP2.j hQ w9 O15 2008-07-31_S906CVP2.j hQ w10 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v39 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v39a O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v44 O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v44a O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w14 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w15 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w18 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w21 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w22 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v55 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v55a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57b O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57d O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57e O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57f O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v58b O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v59b O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v63 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v67 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v67a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v9 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v9a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v11 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v46 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j cJC v46a O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v71 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72a O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v72b O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v73 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j hQ v52 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j hQ v52a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j hQ v53 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v48 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v54 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v54a O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v54b O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v77 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j cVP v77a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v78 O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v78a O15 2008-08-19_S828CVP.j pc v79 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v87 O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v87a O15 2008-08-20_S828CVP.j cVP v87b O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v88 O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v88a O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v89 O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v89a O15 2008-08-21_S828CVP.j cVP v89b O15 2008-08-24_S828CVP.j cVP v94 O15 2008-08-24_S828CVP.j cVP v94a O15 2008-08-24_S828CVP.j cVP v95 O15 2008-08-24_S828CVP.j cVP v95a O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v120 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v105 O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v106 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p3 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p4 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v125a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126b O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134a O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134b O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120a O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120b ; J6k86 B11 2009-01-11_SZ31.j pc k86 is not a regular locus, but has a trapezoidal form and is very narrow; its shape is due to k200, the trench located West of it. k86 is defined by m4719, m3813, m4807, m4763, m4809, m4762 C1 2008-08-05_S805PC.j pC Today we begin to excavate in k86, which is a narrow locus, being to the East of k200. It is 1m wide and 4m long. Removing this part of earth will allow to have a better view from the South of the wall f130 and the staircase and also to remove the dangerous high section of k200. The top soil is f104 and the accumulation under topsoil is f105 C1 2008-08-13_S813PC.j pC today we reached the level of the brickfall which is f124. The first pickrun collected a lot of pottery, also big sherds (a mittani conical cup). C1 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC Yesterday we removed the brickfall f124, which is the same as f86 and f75 in k85. There are fragments of tannur and a lot of stones C1 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC Today we removed the brickfall f124 and after two pickruns we changed feature in f136: f136 is the same as f124 but there are 14 floating stones sitting in it and the brickfall is more full of bricks. It is the same as f86 in k85. The stones are f137 and are mostly grinding stones and door soket (q218.4, q184.5) but also there were kilin waster. This was coming with the brickfall and the same kind of situation we found in k85 in f86 (stones f91 and in k75 in f82 (stones f96) C1 2008-08-17_S817PC.j pC Today we continued to remove f136, which is the brickfall same as f86 in k85. It overlays the ashy layer f139, which is the same as f90 in k85; both overlay the glacis, same as f110 in k85. We found q218.2 which is a small stone plaque with the inlay of two lions: it seems Early Dynastic C1 2008-08-17_S817PC.j pC Today we finished to remove f131, which was an accumulation full of pottery and pebbles. It is very similar to f37 in k85, which is 50cm higher: it is probably the same feature which slopes toward south and was find mostly in k85, some in k74 and k84 (f38, f42, f43) in k75 and in k86 only in section; from k86 was collected a lot of pottery at the beginning of f124. I belive that is a kind of dump coming after the brickfall: it was found everywhere above the brickfall. under f131 we found the brickfall f143 to the South, instead to the North still f131. the brickfall slopes also towards south, as all the accumulations in j6, probably following the slope of the mound. After removing all f131 we were able to see everywhere the brickfall f143. We removed the big stone f133 and in the southern part of the locus, in the corner came out what seemed to be a mudbrick wall with East-South North-west orientation. We removed the brickfall aganist it and we saw 3 lines of bricks. The probable wall is only 1 meter visible and the remaining part was removed by the excavation of 2002 in the trench operation, which is now k200 (see introduction to J6). C1 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC Today was removed all the brickfall f136 which overlayed the ashy layer f139. Once removed all it was compleatly exposed the glacis f138, which is similar to the glacis f118. We then begin to remove the northern baulk after drawing it. It is f146 and is the brickfall same as f136. We had at the end of the day another shaffat in k86 to remove the dirt coming from this area. D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC f104 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC f105 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j dH f112 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j hQ f117 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j hQ f124 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f136 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f137 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f138 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f139 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC f146 D1a 2008-08-19_S824CVP1.j pC f149 D1a 2008-08-07_S818PC.j cJC i10 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA i13 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC q171 D1a 2008-08-05_S805CJC.j cJC q174 D1a 2008-08-06_S806CJC.j cJC q180 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j hQ q193 D1a 2008-08-09_S809CJC2.j hQ q194 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j dH q198 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j eA q200 D1a 2008-08-13_S813CJC.j pC q202 D1a 2008-08-13_S813CJC.j pC q203 D1a 2008-08-13_S813CJC.j cJC q204 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j eA q207 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC q213 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q224 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q232 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j pC q235 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j eA q239 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q241 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w17 O15 2008-08-10_S906CVP2.j hQ w19 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v56 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v56a O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57 O15 2008-08-11_S818PC.j pC v57b O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v63 O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v63a O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v65 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v66a O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v71 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v73 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v75 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v75a O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v76 O15 2008-08-18_S828CVP.j cVP v76a O15 2008-08-26_S828CVP.j cVP v101 O15 2008-08-31_S906CVP.j cVP v120 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p3 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-08_S906CVP2.j cVP w26 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120a O15 2009-01-19_S906CVP.j pC v120b ; J6k87 B11 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC k87 is not a real locus, but only 1.5m baulk: it is located East of k200 and south of the narrow k86. Is defined by markers m4763, m4809, m4762, m4801, m4783 C1 2008-08-06_S806PC.j pC today we started remove the first 1.50m: we remove it with the big pick and by pushing the dirt into k200. We treat it as a baulk, therfore we assign one feature each 2m. C1 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC Yesterday we removed the North baulk of k87. We decided not to draw it, but only to make a good view and template it. It is only natural accumulations. C1 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC Today we removed f116 and we found under it f131 which is a soft accumulation full of pottery: could be the same as f137 or f135 in k85. C1 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC Today was removed all the brickfall f143, except for the presumed wall f144. Under the brickfall was found f147, which is a compact surface with some sherds and small pebbles. Tomorrow i will check it better. D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC f115 D1a 2008-08-07_S809CJC2.j pC f116 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f125 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f131 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f133 D1a 2008-08-16_S818PC.j pc f143 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC f144 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC f147 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f175 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j cJC q209 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC q212 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j pC q216 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j dH q217 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j eA q220 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j eA q222 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q225 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q226 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q227 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q228 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q229 D1a 2008-08-18_S818PC.j eA q230 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j pC q236 D1a 0000-00-00_S818PC.j eA q240 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q242 D1a 2008-08-19_S826PC.j eA q245 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q287 D1a 2008-08-27_S902HQ.j hQ q290 D3 2008-08-18_S820DH-R.j eA r300 (37545 51461 - 8953 / Relay location: NW point) O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v4 O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j eA v60 O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j eA v60a O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v61 O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v61a O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v61b O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v66 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v66a O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v70 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v70a O15 2008-08-31_S828CVP.j pC v110b O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p1 O15 2008-09-06_SX22PC.j pC p6 O15 2008-09-08_S906CVP2.j cVP w26 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 ; J6k100 B11 2008-12-31_SZ31.j pC k100 is a locus located in area C2 and was already excavated in previous years by the german team directed by Peter Pfälzner (see publications in MDOG for further information). This part of the tell is residencial, except for a stone structure, which in our assumption (gB and fAB) belongs to the temple area. Therefore we decided to better explore the stone structure this year. Being this area statigraphically connected to area J6, and located a few meters south of it, was decided to be documented under J6 book and supervision. C1 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ we started working in k100 first by removing part of f26 to level the floor. f26 covers all the square except f23,f24,f25. f26 is a soft soil with chunks and some thick plant roots. Then we started digging f25 to level it with f26 and f24. f25 abuts wall f24; it is a dark brown soft soil with a lot of sherds. Then we started following the wall from its corner northward. we dug 1 meter by 1 meter squares above the wall surface; after we expose the wall we clean it to be phtographed and measured. C2 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ Last Friday we had a stratigraphical review to the site with gB: he explained about a wall located in area C2 Stratum 16 (Schicht 16-German excavation area). This area will be incorporated to J6; probably this structure is related to J6 area and temple terrace. gB pointed out that the structure may be is related to wall f129 in J6: we decided to rediscover this wall which is f24. We want to show the relation between this wall (f24) and f129 because both of them date back to EDIII and are made in the same kind of stonework and similar type of construction. We want also to see if the wall continues towards North and if it is possible to see the relationship between the wall (f24) and the temple terrace. C2 2008-12-31_SZ31.j pC all the soil removed in k100 was backfill, except for a small part above wall f27: we found palstic bags of the german excavation and mixed pottery; we found also some seal impressions, but this can be explained by the presence of a dump in this area and found by the german team. Looking at the fotos of the german excavation we can assume that they excavated deeper the us, expecially south of wall f24. f27, instead was excavated partly by the german team and this year we uncovered probably all the wall. We will excavate it completly next year, being this area very delicate, both for statigraphy and presence of lot of seal impressions. C99 2008-12-31_SZ31.j pC k100 was not defined by markers, therefore there is no plot for this locus and we do not have the measurements. This was done in purpose, because we did not want to excavate and draw sections, but only to clean it. The dimensions of the locus are approximately long as the wall f24 and f27. D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ f20 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ f23 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ f24 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ f25 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ f26 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q31 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q33 D1a 2008-07-19_S719CJC.j hQ q34 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q39 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q41 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j hQ q44 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v13 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v14 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v15 O15 2008-07-19_S809CJC.j hQ v15a O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v21 O15 2008-07-22_S809CJC.j hQ v21a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v129 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v131 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v135 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v135a O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v135b O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v136 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v137 ; J6k101 B11 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC k101 is defined by the relays r265 r264 r266 r267 and is 130cm large in East-West direction and 450cm N-S. It is a small trench in k74 to investigate the earlier glacis C1 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC Today we opened k101 to see the glacis under the glacis f107. f107 covers almost all k74 and under it there is a series of compact layers of probably other glacis. The first f107 is red and hard, then there is a grey hard layer, which is probably the same as f110 in k85. under this we found a baqaya layer, but still to confirm. We give no feature number to all this layers, because we still do not understand the stratigraphy: in the next days we will give a number. In the northern part of k101 there is a layer softer and full of pottery. we hypotized that was a pit and it is f126. In the North-West corner there is some baqaya D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f126 D1a 2008-08-20_S824CVP1.j pC f159 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pC q210 O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v62 O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v62a O15 2008-08-14_S828CVP.j pC v62b O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64 O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64a O15 2008-08-16_S828CVP.j pC v64b O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126b ; J6k102 B11 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC it is a small trench in the western part of k84, in front of stones f100 f177. The purpose of this trench was to expose the two stones and to date them with more surfaces correlated to them C1 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC today we opened k102 and we dig first f183, which is a floor surface. once removed had patches of orange, very similar to f164 and next to the stones was much harder and compact and is located directly under f164. We exposed under it a floor surface f184, characterized by sherds lying flat. This floor abuts stones f100 and f177 (v114) and covers stone f187. D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f183 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f184 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f186 D3 2008-08-27_S8SCVP2R.j hB r379 (38683 51357 - 8784 / Relay location: top) D3 2008-08-27_S8SCVP2R.j hB r380 (39057 51472 - 8844 / Relay location: top) O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v125 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v125a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126a O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v126b O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v127 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134 O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134a O15 2008-09-23_S911PC.j pC v134b ; J6k126 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j eA q219 ; J6k136 D1a 2008-08-16_S816PC.j cJC q218 ; J6k200 B11 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j cJC J6k200, extending from the large open area excavated by the germans in the south to the bottom of the staircase in J02 in the north B11 2009-01-11_SZ31.j pc k200 is not a normal locus and belongs to J6 only because we decided to clean it and the pottery and earth was collected from J6 team. k200 corresponds to the german trench which was excavated by the Team of the University of Tuebingen in years 1998-2002; Pfaelzner MDOG 131, 1998). It is located directly west of J6 unit and is a long trench 2 meters wide and several meters long (for more exact location and measurement see the above publication) C1 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j cJC fAB and gB decided to have J6k200 cleaned out and so it was assigned to area J06 with the locus k200. This locus was given to keep the area seperate from the k100 area. gB and fAB suggested that all of the dirt removed be assigned to one feature (f29) which will be defined as topsoil. Fifteen new workmen were assigned to the area. mO removed all the dangerous stones and loose dirt from the sides of the trench for the workmen's safety. Because the trench is so deep a zambil chain was formed to move the dirt from the bottom out to where it could be placed in the wheelbarrows. There was a shortage of shovels and so fAB bought us 3 new shovels which we recieved after breakfast. About 1/3 of the trench was cleaned before breakfast. After breakfast the workmen had moved too far north in the trench to maintain the zambil chain and so mO installed a shafat. An oblique angle was cut into the east side of the trench to accomodate the shafat. Another large stone was also removed. The installation of the shafat took awhile and slowed down work in the area. After the installation of the shafat not all the workmen were needed in k200 and so 4 were moved to clean the area in front of the revetment wall in J2. Some large stones at the bottom of the trench were moved to make room for the workmen to work. C1 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j cJC Today worked continued cleaning k200, J6k200. Two of the 15 workmen were given to the main excavation area of J06 and so only 13 continued work in k200. In the morning there were some problems with the shafat and so work in the morning was slow. fAB came to J06 to discuss the work for the workmen. He assigned 3 workmen to remove the dirt pile from k100. Two workmen (Abdullah and Muhammed) were assigned as pickmen in the bottom of the trench to level the area. Three other workmen served as shovel-men, with 2 working bottom of the shafat and the other 1 \shoveling the dirt towards the shafat. The remaining 3 workmen did assorted jobs, relieving the shovelmen occassionally and cleaning the area in front of the revetment wall in J02. There were also 2 wheelbarrow-men. It was decided that the area closest to the stairs would not be cleaned today due to dangerous overhanging stones and because there were other workmen working near the top of the section. C1 2008-07-23_S723EA.j cJC Today there were 13 workmen and they continued cleaning k200. They are still picking the bottom to level the bottom all off. By breakfast they had reached south to where the shafat is. After breakfast they continued to work south of the shafat to make it all level. When they reach the southern opening of the trench they will stop. They have also removed all the dirt pile left over from J2k100. Work continues at a steady pace. Today they had a tent after breakfast. C1 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j cJC Today we had 12 workmen. They continued leveling and cleaning the bottom of the German trench. Before breakfast they finished cleaning the south part of the trench. The workmen uncovered a tannur. This means we have reached (and passed) the bottom level of the German excavations. I consulted with gB and we stopped work in this area until we can decide what to do with the tannur. Right now there are no markers with which to take relays or elevations so we left the tannur in place until bP can install some markers or control points. After breakfast the workmen began clearing the northern part of the trench near the staircase but the shafat was not working and we had a shortage of wheelbarrows so the work was very slow. After 12pm 3 workmen moved to the main area of J06 to help finish removing the baulks. Today's q-lot was q86. C1 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC Today the goal was to finish cleaning the area of the trench. Near the north end of k200 was a large pile of stones buried under some dirt and mixed with plastic and other modern materials. These stones are presumably backfill from the previous excavations in the trench. I consulted with fAB in the morning and he suggested they be removed and piled in the J02 area so they could be removed at a later date. The stones were removed and the rest of the dirt was moved out of k200 via the shafat. The workmen finished cleaning right before the end of the day. In the morning bP came and made measurements of the tannur in the southern end of the trench so that it would not need to be relayed. The tannur will probably be added to the J07 book instead of J06 when J07 is opened. Tomorrow I think we will stop working in k200. C1 2008-08-14_S815PC.j pC Yesterday we removed the dirt which was coming from k86 and k87, but also from J7. We had the shaffat and the crane which carryed a big zanbil. We had Ahnuar who supervised the work and 7 workmen in the trench, whith 4 on the top of k200. D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j cJC f29 D1a 2008-08-14_S816PC.j pc f128 D1a 2008-08-27_S826PC.j pC f173 D1a 2008-08-10_S813CJC.j hQ f900 D1a 2008-07-20_S720CJC.j cJC q42 D1a 2008-07-21_S721PC2.j pC q45 D1a 2008-07-22_S723EA.j cJC q59 D1a 2008-07-23_S723EA.j cJC q70 D1a 0000-00-00_S727CJC.j cJC q80 D1a 2008-07-26_S727CJC.j cJC q87 D1a 2008-07-28_S728HQ.j cJC q94 D1a 2008-08-09_S813CJC.j hQ q195 D1a 0000-00-00_S902HQ.j eA q284 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v1 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v2 O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v2a O15 2008-07-12_S809CJC.j hQ v2b O15 2008-08-02_S809CJC.j hQ v43 O15 2008-08-17_S828CVP.j pC v65 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j hQ v53 O15 2008-08-18_S818PC.j pC v48 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v128 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v129 O15 2008-09-17_S911PC.j pC v131