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v 80
ph locus k21 was to a great extent excavated in MZ6 as part of the step-trench. We expanded it slightly to the west to follow the line of a very large (4.5m wide) mudbrick wall, a25, having components, pise foundation, f273, mudbrick top, f205, and mudbrick retaining wall, f208. These components were at the lowest level where we clearly found Khabur architecture. At the moment we presume that the large pit, a29, into which the forms for pise wall, f225 were cut, is the earliest component in Phase 5 architecture.  The pise wall extends south into k11 and comes later, with the platform last. A group of large, flat stones, f204, were found in the middle of the southern edge and were presumably part of a working surface, perhaps associated with the pise wall/foundation, f225.

v 81
ph this photograph documents the vertical extent of Phase 5 architecture found this excavation season. The mudbrick wall, f228, in the foreground is one of the highest Phase 4 features that have been identified. It is cut by one of the earliest Phase 5 features, the pise wall, f225, shown to the right. The large N-S Phase 5 wall, a25, begins in the middle of the picture and runs north northwest into the baulk of k31, where it presumably continues. Two large cross-walls are in the northern half of k31 and in k51 and k52, further up the hill.

v 82
ph with the possible exception of the tomb, a32, discovered and dug in MZ6 and not re-excavated, and the modern burial, a31, all major features in k31 are clearly from the Phase 5 Khabur period. They include the major N-S wall, a25, the E-W cross-wall, f282, and the N-S extension to that wall, f320. In the section of the north baulk of k21 (bottom of image) can be seen, just under the surface, a layer of bricks that mark the beginning of a 15 meter long continuous surface that extends eastward into k22 and k23.

v 83
ph locus k52, at the northern edge of the current season's excavations has the most complete set of Phase 5 architecture that we have found. Some structures have been damaged by previous excavations and weathering, but it is clear that there are the remains of two buildings that sit back-to-back, along with a late-phase re-use that added a rebuilt wall, f341, and floor, f324, to form a room, a38, with part of the Phase 5 wall, f322. There is also a simple, late burial, a40, that has been dug into the far NE corner. In the SE quarter there is the corner of a room, a39, formed by the southern part of N-S wall, f322, and E-W wall, f338. Another room seems to be formed by N-S wall, f339 (which abuts but does not join N-S wall, f322, and which has been cut by an intrusive burial, f342), and E-W wall, f330. N-S wall, f339, appears to be laid upon a thin layer of cement, which may signify that there is an entrance, a37, to a house or room just to the west. (It is not possible to say for certain, but there is an E-W line of bricks extending west from wall, f339, a break, then a continuation in wall, f323, to the west in k51, which has been cleaned, but not fully excavated this season. There is also a door socket, i154, in place at the SW corner of f339) A large E-W wall, f330, extends across the northern boundary of the locus and into k51 to the west.

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80		NW	gk21 ga25,29 gf204,205,208,225,273	final photographs of k21 showing Khabur architecture
81		N	gk11,21,31,41,52 ga25 gf225,228	view to the north and up the slope showing the spatial extent of Phase 5 architecture
82		N	gk31,21 ga25,32,31 gf282,320	final photographs of k31 showing Khabur architecture
83		E	gk52,51 ga37,38,39,40 gf321,322,324,330,338,339,340,341 gi154	final photographs of k52 showing Mitanni architecture