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-dy Today in the morning we continued working in k14 and k5. We spent most of the morning helping Adeeb to put in the squares. We have resolved the placement issues by running an east-west line and then a north-south line and seeing where they cross. We have measured all the squares and baulks from that one established corner. We continued excavating the brickfall (f341) in k14

f 341
ds Some large chunks of carbonized wood. The largest was the size of a fist. pC removed the largest pieces from the section. They were collected as a sample. We also found large reddish brick chunks with white inclusions. 


k 14
dy Today we continued removing f341. In the northern portion of f341 we uncovered a grouping of stones. It appears that they are a continuation of f334, the curtain wall of k14 (also assigned to k54 at the beginning of the excavations during cleaning). Tomorrow we will photograph the stones and assign a new feature and component numbers for the stones. We also found several medium-sized stones floating in the brickfall of f341. We didn't finish removing f341 today because the shaffat had to be shut down while Adeeb established the points. 
sg In the southern part of f341 we have exposed a line of stones. These probably belong to f334. We will expose them, photograph them to show thier relationship to the brickfall of f341 and then remove them. Also under these stones is a very hard compacted mud layer. It is visible if you stand north of f341 and look south. It may not be an ancient feature but rather created in the past few years by water accumulating in the corner, which is the low point of the area. We will investigate this question after we remove the stones. 

f 343
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ds Removal of dirt from under cement staircase. This was partially composed of backfill and partially of brickfall. 
sg Although it has no real context we collected the pottery and assigned a feature. 

f 344
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ds Very hard surface with some small pebbles and sherds. Highly compacted and appearing to slope down to the southwest of J2. It is covered by the brickfall (f338, f342). It is a light gray color.