.bk A9
.fl L709jlw.j
.fd daily journal for L709
.ei jlw
.ed L709
.rd L709
.ri jlw

-wk 6 picks and 17 in support reported for work.  Excused Yassir Hasu for 3 hours so that he could register for the army/police in Kamishli.

k 31
sg clean and excavate the mixture of topsoil and backfill, f280, that covers that portion of the step trench excavated in 1990.
dy found a yellow disk with "f21" written on it that was nailed into a horizontal surface that contained scattered baked bricks, f281.  Found a very substantial wall, f283, along the north edge of the excavated portion, whose alignment is somewhat to the east of the current grid.  Found the grave containing the remains of a small child, f283, cut into the north baulk and into f282. Began to dig accumulation, f286, in the SW corner, under f280.

k 24
dy at the end of the day, finally reached the first layer of accumulation, f287, under the topsoil, f275.

k 21
dy explored the features on the surface after careful cleaning the dirt deposited by foot traffic along the baulk.  Found two bricks, f284, at elevation 9085, that may be aligned with those of the platform, a25.  Found two large, flat stones, f285, at elevation 9087, that appear to be placed in line with the stones in f205, to the south that are at elevation 8942.

f 280
df ts
ds densly rooted, richly organic material in k31 that probably represents a mixture of true topsoil and backfill. Pottery lot q761 is probably not useful for diagnostic purposes.
P2 L709

f 281
df bk-is
ds a N-S line of bricks visible low in the previously excavated portion of k31 along the original west baulk of the 1990 excavation, which is skewed to the east of the current grid. As close as jlw can tell, the yellow tag with "f21" belonged to this feature.
nt at least one of the bricks is baked and was relayed and registered as item 133.

f 282
df w
ds substantial mudbrick wall, possibly as much as one meter thick that runs E-W along the north baulk of k31. 

f 283
df bu
ds intrusive, modern burial dug at about a 45 degree angle into wall, f282, along the N baulk of k31. Bones, item 132, appear to be that of a very young child, perhaps 6 months old, according to the physical anthropologist from the Como Institute.

f 284
df bk-is
ds two horizontal bricks that appear on the surface on the west side of the north baulk of k21. Almost certainly they are a continuation of f204.

f 285
df pb
ds two large stones with a flat, horizontal top surfaces, in the middle of the north baulk of k31, on the surface. They are at elevation 9087, virtually the same as the f284 bricks and are directly north of the f205 paving, whose elevation is 8947.

f 286
df a
ds accumulation under the plastic sheeting that covered the 1990 excavations in k31.