.bk A14 .fl L629jl.j .fd log and journal entries .ed L629 .ei jl .ri ed .rd L628 f 17 3 ad 8458 128 18 3 ad 8480 156 L628jl .ri jl 19 12 ad 8520 157 20 3 w 8490 149 21 3 s 8478 108 L628jl .ri ed 22 3 ad 8474 102 23 11 ad 8568 107 .ri jl 24 13 ts 8530 139 1 L624jl 2 L625jl 3 L625jl 4 L625jl 5 L628jl 8 L628jl 9 L626jl 10 L626jl 11 L628jl 16 L628jl i 5 8 12 28 ma 0.6 1.1 0.1 bz piece of bronze ring .ri ed 6 19 12 32 la 6 16.2 li broken stone doughnut q 28 pb 8 12 m2626 79 97 10 29 p 17 3 south-east corner of k3 8458 128 30 p 18 3 south-west corner of k3 8480 156 31 pi 16 3 north-west corner of k3 8458 128 .ri jl 32 pb 19 12 north two-thirds of locus 8520 157 5 33 p 11 3 platform of stone in center of locus 8480 140 really f21 34 p 18 3 north-east corner 8490 149 to see section, only a small slice 35 p 20 3 west edge 8490 149 to see section of wall, only a small slice 36 p 17 3 south-east corner 8490 149 to see section, only a small slice 37 pi 5 11 north-east corner 8570 70 40 leveling, two large pick runs .ri ed 38 p 22 3 west third of locus 8474 102 10 .ri jl 39 p 3 center third of locus 8474 102 10 .ri ed 40 pi 23 11 west half of locus 8568 107 .ri jl 41 p 24 13 north half of locus 8530 139 15 qi 31.1 la 0.6 3.8 1.6 flint blade 37.1 kw kiln waste 37.2 fg equid head 37.3 fg ovid head? 40.1 ma 1.7 mt iron nail, probably recent 41.1 la 6.5 25 13 li piece of basalt, flat on one side f 15 ds This soil is generally gray with bright orange brick chunks. In places it is soft, while in others it is hard and crumbly, but overall, they seem to be different aspects of the same material. f 19 ds This is the ^ad underneath the topsoil f8. In the southern half, it is still clearly backfill from previous seasons. In the north half, however, it is unclear whether it is backfill or stratified. The soil is generally gray, and since it is mostly backfill which previous archaeologists have already worked over, the amount of pottery recovered has been small. f 16 ds This soil is brown and very soft. Perhaps it is an uncompacted form of f18 to the south. It extends along the N half of k3. f 18 ds This brown soil is fairly hard and powdery. It is in the SW quadrant of k3, and even runs under the first 50cm of f17, but then is stopped by the mass of potential bricky material which is the heart of f17. It seems at the moment to be regular soil ^ad. f 17 ds This is reddish soil from the SE of k3. It is compact, and is perhaps even a mass of partially melted brick. It is next to the wall, f20. A thin layer extended further downhill to the W, but when excavated, it disappeared and revealed f18 underneath, as if it were only a spume of brickmelt from this mass. f 20 ds This is the top of a row of bricks found extending from the top of the E baulk of k3. We had accidentally cut 30cm into it with the big pick. Our first impression was that it was a wall, but gb thinks that it might be part of a burial. It may be related to f21. f 21 ds This is a pile of stones, like a cairn, in the middle of k3. Unfortunately, the top 40cm were accidentally removed before we saw them by a worker obeying an insufficiently clear command: the top stone had been left alone by the diggers, to the extent that it was resting on a 30cm high platform of apparent dirt, which hid the stones underneath. When a worker was asked to remove the top stone and the platform, he did so eagerly, also removing the rocks which he found piled in the dirt underneath it. We did not notice this until he had finished. However, upon cleaning, we discovered another flat stone underneath, probably the next layer of the pile. THe relay for this feature is from the top center of the remaining base stone. -dy Excavation proceeded normally today. Much of our work was focused on k3, trying to identify and isolate better the row of bricks discovered yesterday, f20. We also identified a bricky red material next to it, f17, which may be brickmelt. gb suggested that we cut slightly into both of these features in order to see a more clear section, which we did. We also removed more topsoil in k11 and backfill in k12. Finally, we began excavating the topsoil in k13. In general, the topsoil in the lower squares, k3 and k13, contains a large quantity of stones and some baked brick fragments, probably wadi wash from over the years. .rd L629 f 22 ds this ^ad in k3 seems to be a combination of f16 and f18, but now they have become so mixed that it is nearly impossible to distinguish them or to dig them separately. It is possible that they are just the same dirt with different levels of compaction. f 23 ds This ^ad seems to be generally fairly dirty (a lot of pottery) and is probably wadi wash. f 24 ds This is the topsoil in k13. It contained a significant number of large rocks and some baked brick fragments, probably wadi wash. f 4 ds Brownish-gray dirt with red bricky chunks. Crumbly and dry. f 5 ds Topsoil in k11. Wadi wash. f 8 ds Topsoil in k12. It is mostly backfill from previous seasons. f 11 ds Topsoil in k3. It contains some larger stones and a few pieces of baked brick. It is probably normal wadi wash. f 12 ds Fill in the burial a2. f 13 ds Cut of burial a2. f 14 ds A pile of large stones glimpsed under f6. Perhaps it is a structure, perhaps it is only stones washed by the wadi. However, at least one of them looks very large. I will have to take a closer look once we have uncovered it; could it be a slab from the roof of A12 area W? f 15 ds ^ad under f3 in k1. Brown with bright orange chunks of brick. It is alternately compact and soft/crumbly, but it is still unclear whether they are separate features or different aspects of the same feature.