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f 174
df pc
ds pebble-sherd floor which covered most of the excavated area of k1 and k2. This floor is composed of very small pebbles and sherds, beaten down into a hard surface. In one area to the east there is a concentration of pebbles. It is approximately 6m in length (NS) and 2.4m in width (EW). It is cut by a long, rectangular cut apparently filled with grey accumulation, so f174 was originally wider. This floor covers red layer f197, which represents a period of levelling and filling of the area. Thus this floor represents the final period of substantial domestic occupation in this area. f174 is associated with a series of other small floors which are built on top of this floor. Because f174 was found in both k1 and k2, there are a number of features which covered it. 

f 198
tc cu f174

f 136
df w
ds EW wall at the northern edge of k93. This wall is composed of a 3 boulder-sized stones which are laid to the east of the outermost palace wall in this area. Although we looked carefully, there was no evidence of mud-brick to suggest that this was a stone foundation. There is a floor of large flat sherds, f134 laid up against the northern side of this wall. These stones are laid much higher than the foundations of the palace walls, and to there is a floor f146 which comes up to the top at the southern face. At first it was thought that this might also be a palace wall, but there are a number of facts that weigh against this: first, the fact that this wall is laid higher than palace walls, and second that the type of construction is much poorer than is found in construction of the palace. Thus it appears that this wall would be dated to phase 3. 

f 138
df a
ds accumulation which covers the western half of k14, from the height of f231 down until it was recognised as a cut. This accumulation was a heterogeneous mixture of soft and hard pockets of soil, with many pieces of broken bricks. It was differentiated from f231 to the east in degree of compaction; this feature was not very compacted, whereas f231 is quite compacted. While excavating the sediment of f138 fell away from f231 easily, revealing a vertical face.

f 142
df fi
ds fill of grave f150, a18. This grave contained a disarticulated skeleton; the bones were larger than those of the child skeletons found in this area. There were no grave goods associated with the burial, although the grave itself was built up more than the other graves.

f 142
tc re f150

f 150
df gv
ds fill of grave f150, f142. This grave was found in the NE quadrant of k1, cut into f137. This grave is lined with bricks around the edge of the cut. At the western edge they are at least two bricks high. The grave is 1.75m in length, and 1.4m in width. The northern edge of the grave continues into the northern baulk of k1.

f 150
tc cu f137

f 149
df fi
ds fill of burial f151, a19. This burial contained the skeleton (i50) of a small child, with a small vessel i49 and a metal bracelet on the wrist. The skeleton is oriented EW, with the head pointed west, and the body facing southwards. The head was quite crushed from the beginning of excavation. 

f 13
tc co f149

f 151
df gv
ds fill of f151, f149. This grave consisted of a shallow grave cut lined by bricks. In this grave there are a few bricks found to the north of the grave, but no clear bricks found around the rest of it. This grave was discovered after the western end of the gully was found and excavated. This grave lay beneath the gully wash and gully channel. The head was crushed, and the workman who excavated it (Abdul Jabbar) thought that it might have been crushed by the gully. f13, an EW wall, covered the southern edge of this burial; thereby proving that wall f13 was built over and was later than grave a19.