.bk A9
.fl L702jlw.j
.fd daily journal for L702
.ei jlw
.ed L702
.rd L702
.ri jlw

-wk 5 picks and 18 in support.

-sg at the end of the workday, gb visited the unit to see the progress in k14.  We had just uncoved the brickwork in the SE corner.  He suggested that we dig a few more pick runs to clarify what we have found, then move up the hill to excavate k24, at least to the eastern limits of the MZ12 A11 excavations, where we should expect to find walls much closer to the surface than in k14.

k 14
sg we will continue to dig down uniformly in the locus until we encounter architecture, which should appear before the day is done, base upon the results in surrounding loci.  We will use large picks and clean and inspect after each pick run.
dy jlw inspected the bricks in the SE corner of the east baulk, f244, before work began.  Although they are organized vertically, there are pockets of accumulation that cut into the north side.  There is no evidence of the bricks in the south baulk. The accumlation in the entire locus, f237, is the same throughout, alternating soft and firmer patches.  We have often seen this in portions of A9 already excavated to the south and west and have attributed them to a combination of material brought down from higher elevations by water and mixed with loess carried in by wind. At the end of the day, a substantial patch of brickwork was discovered in the SE corner.  We will inspect it carefully in the morning.

-mk markers m2557, m2559 and m2101 loosened and removed.

k 11
sg we will continue to clarify the situation south of the mid-locus E-W wall, f228.  Also, we will clean for a picture of the floor surface of f247.
dy we cleaned for the photograph, v58.  Suliman excavated south of the wall, f228.  We uncoverd a deteriorated floor surface, f251, which had many broken sherds lying flat on or near the topmost section that could positively be verified as a floor.  vp compared it to the elevation of floor, f247, to the north of f228 and found them identical, 8803.  Later, Suliman tried to identify the exact location of N-S wall, f238. in the west baulk.  He found hard, dense accumulation next to the west end of the E-W wall, f228.  Then, on his own initiative, he began to explore near the baulk N of where he was working.  He removed a lot of material going west and only inspection in the morning light will tell whether he was correct in his assumptions.  If he was wrong, we have preserved the former configuration through v58.

f 215
df ta
ds clay shell of a relatively intact tannur, which is a part of a27.
P2 L702

f 248
df pt
ds this was a pit most likely dug to contain the tannur, f215, and sink the mouth to about floor level.
P2 L702
.ri vp

k 10
sg we will continue to dig the west side of the locus to clarify the meaning of the accumulation, f250. Also, we will dig the fill of the tannur f215 inside of the pit f248, in the NE corner of the baulk N, and clean that side for a picture. We will remove both and cut all the corner NE with a trench, to can see the section of the WE brick wall f243, evident on the top of the baulk N.
dy Ali dug the fill in the f215 and cleaned the NE side of the baulk, for the photograph,v59. The light yellowish brown fill, c# 10YR6/4, was very soft. vp took a relay in the center of the f215, before Ali to remove it. Later, after a careful observation of the N baulk top, where it was possible to see distinctly the end of WE brikwall f243, about 1mW, Ali cut a trench with the big pick. In the same time, Tariq was digging in the W side of the locus, where some days ago we found a stone floor f230 with a brick wall f211; we suggested it would be a grave. Tariq started in the NW corner of k10. There, until 1,50m south, there was an accumulation enough compact, where the section shown clear material on the top (about 10cm) and some very confused lines red and black (ash)inside of it in the bottom until the soil. After the removing of that, it was possible to see the section of the W baulk and more bricks of f211 on the E. Then, Tariq dug the SW corner of k10, 2mN and 1mE, and found a white, compact floor with some pottery flat on the top. Waiting for a new day of dig, to clarify the situation, we thought it part of the same structure f211. Finaly we cleaned all the west side of the locus.

.ri jlw

f 250
df a
ds accumulation along a 1 meter westward extension of k10.  It probably represents the stopping point of the MZ10 and 1990 excavations of A2, judging by the plastic sheeting visible there.  It is dense and hard with alternating streaks of light and dark material, indicating that it was once used as or located very near a living/working space. Dug by Tariq.
nr excavation began on L702

f 251
df fb
ds dense,hard-packed material south of wall, f228, in k11.  Many sherds lying flat on the surface which had no clearly defined start or stop point.  One must assume that it was built up over time with living accumulation and tamped down to make it smooth and firm.  It is at the same elevation (8803) as floor, f247 to the north of wall, f228.  Dug by Suliman.
nr excavated on L702

f 252
df a
ds a 1 cubic meter cube of very dense, hard packed material immediately to the south face of the "T" in the west end of wall, f228, in k11. We once thought it was part of the N-S wall, f238, but it is not made of mud brick.  Dug by Suliman.
nr excavation began on L702 

f 253
df fi
ds material behind and underneath the brickwork, f243, in the eastern edge of the north baulk of k10.  Dug by Ali.  Material is crumbly and relatively clean of sherds and bones.
nr excavation began on L702