.bk J07 .fl S729pc.j .fd daily journal .ed S728 .ei pC .rd S728 .ri pc --i J7 is located West to J6k200, which is the long trench made from the german team directed by Peter Pfalzner (MDOG 134 2002): this trench was done in order to connect the area C2, were are houses dated from Mittani till Akkadian period, to the temple BA, dated to ED III. Doing this were discovered part of the steps of the monumental staircase and the mudbrick surface of the temple mound. The trench to the South showed several floor surfaces going from the steps of the staircase to area C2: theese floor surfaces are dated from Mittani till Akkadian period. This also are clean from other structures. In different season of excavation was exposed most of the monumental staircase and the revetment wall, which delimites the southern part of the temple mound; to the south of the wall there is an open whide area, free of structures and delimited to the West by the palace AP, to the North by the revetment wall, to the South east by a residential area. This is the palza, an open space in front of the temple terrace. This should be free of structures, as seen in the west section of J6k200 and from different soundings. J7 is a narrow long area which has the aim to remove the accumulations covering the palza and give the opportunity to the visitors to see the monumental staircase from distance, as the ancient people saw it and experiment it. This operation requires very few supervision, therefore the same staff of J6 is in charge to supervise J7. -dy Today was the first day of excavation in J7. We decided to change feature every 50 cm and to change q lot when the big zambil is full. Also for the first 50 cm we will not keep the pottery but only look at it and keep just the shape sherds and the decorated sherds. We do not collect the animal bones for the top soil. Today we had only the first 30 cm of top soil in all squares. The squares are from North to South k1, k2, k3, k4, k5 -sy The markers are m4838, m4843, m4837, m4842, m4841, m4836, m4839, m4840, m4845, m4834, m4835 .rd S730 .ri pc .ed S730 .ei pc -dy Today we found 3 large floating stones in k5