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k 104
dy Today we started by cleaning the area and then we took pictures of the k104 section because we are planning removing the stones f197 of the bin a1 and also excavating the pit f192, located under it. In order to remove the stones we removed first the back fill behind them; then we removed the stones and gave them a feature number f197 and continued removing the back fill. We excavated the soil around the stones together with some of the soil under them and kept the same feature number, which is f196. During the second work period we took pictures to show the situation after the stone removal, and then we started excavating the pit f192 that contained a big amount of pottery, but we did not reach the bottom of it yet. This work will be continued and probably finished tomorrow.

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.ri yM

-dy Today we continued excavating the pit f192 which we are approaching from the south to the north very slowly in an attempt to follow the red layer that runs under it f164. we also found a broken tannur f220 within the pit fill that was removed after taking a picture of it. pC and sD drew the north section of k72 before we started removing the baulk in order to uncover the line of stones f219 in k71: removing the baulk will allow to uncover the wall wich turns here to the north. We presume that this wall could be the continuation of the revetment wall as m Omo suggested. this change of strategy is going to give us the chance also to follow the glacis layer that was discovered last season. it will also allow us to find out if this presumed wall is in fact the eastern boundary of temple terrace. during the second work period, the excavation of the pit f192 continued in k104 until reaching f200 which is also filling of the pit. on the other hand in k71 we started removing the surface of the baulk f223 which is a natural accumulation. In k73 we scraped the northern section which is a mud brick wall: sD and yM drew it because we are planning to remove the baulk and therefore the mud brick wall, part of bin a7.