.bk A9
.fl L712jlw.j
.fd daily journal for L627 and L628
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.ed L712
.rd L627
.ri jlw

-wk 4 picks and 12 in support.

k 21
dy continued to clear backfill/topsoil. Eleven years of vegetative cover had blurred the distinction, but in this case we saw plastic sheeting. Discovered a tannur, a23, in the NE corner. Components include the body, f215 and the fill, f216.  Separated tanuur fill from surrounding accumulation, f214.

k 11
dy began to excavate in accumulation, f217.

-mk discovered an error in the elevation coordinate of m2590 while trying to measure the elevation of the stone and brick pavements in k21.  Surveyor recalculated correct elevation which is 9033.

f 213
df bfill
ds backfill in k10 that had partially been converted to topsoil since the 1990 excavations. Did not keep qlots.

f 214
df a
ds accumulation in the NE corner of k10.

f 215
df ta
ds clay body of a tanuur in the NE corner of k10. A part of a23.
tc si f214

f 216
df fi
ds fill in tannur, a23. Soil was ashy, but no Munsell taken.
P2 L627.

f 217
df a
ds accumulation in k11.
P2 L628
tc co f218
tc co f220

.rd L628

-wk 4 picks and 12 in support reported for work.

-dy spent a busy day uncovering features in k10, k11, and k21 that had been previously discovered in the MZ6 excavations.

k 21
dy explored along the eastern side of platform, a25, to find the east edge of the foundation.

f 218
df a
ds accumulation under accumulation, f217, and north of wall, f228, in k11. Texture is very hard and it powders when scraped. It also has charcoal inclusions, which are typically found in accumulations above floors.

f 219
df a
ds accumulation between wall, f211, and wall, f231 in k10.

f 220
df a
ds accumulation under accumulation, f217, and south of wall, f228 in k11.

f 221
df bkg
ds mudbricks that cap and seal pit, a24 in the NW corner of k11.
tc co f222
P2 L628

f 222
df fi
ds fill in pit, a24 in the NW corner of k11. Found Khabur sherd here, i107.
P2 L628.

f 223
df ts
ds topsoil in north baulk of k11. Soft and crumbly with lots of roots.

f 224
df a
ds accumulation to the east of platform, a25, in k21.
P2 L708

f 225
df foun
ds dried, very hard mud-like material running N-S, roughly through the middle of k11. It is one meter wide and close to two meters deep in some places. Furthermore, it appears as if it was poured into a trench that cut a number of earlier architectural features.
tc cu f228

f 226
df ta
ds mostly intact shell of a tannur in the center of the N baulk of k10.

f 227
df bfill
ds backfill that has been turned into topsoil after 12 years since the MZ6 excavations on the N baulk of k10. Not immediately recognized as such until plastic sheeting discovered.
P2 L728

f 228
df w
ds E-W mudbrick wall in the middle of k11. Gives the impression of a curtain wall separating two areas of the same space. Cut by foundation f225 on the east end.

f 229
ds w
ds N-S mudbrick wall along the east side of k11.  Possibly associated with f228 wall, but this is difficult to verify because of the presence of the f225 foundation.

f 230
df pv
ds pavement of pebbles and sherds to the east of the f211 wall in k10. Elevation is 8720.

f 231
df w
ds N-S mudbrick wall running along the east edge of k10. The southern end was accidentally cut in MZ12 during the excavation of k7.