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-dy We continued removing the backfill in k100. We used v127 as a guideline for how the features looked at the end of 2005. Before breakfast we finished removing all the backfill and began excavating what appears to be a pit (a12) or at least some kind of cut. We started removing the fill (f382) and found it went down quite far. We excavated f382 for the rest of the day. Akmed and sH tried to take 2 more casts of the footprints in k110 but they were unsuccessful. We decided not to try again and to backfill k110 today or tomorrow. 

-wk Last Thursday we gave 2 shovelmen to J6 so we are operating with a team of six workmen. Two pickmen, 3 shovelmen and a wheelbarrow driver. We take the dirt down the big trench (J6k200, J2k200) so it will be available for backfill. 

k 100
dy In the morning we finished removing the backfill in k100. We were aided by v127. We were able to find f292 and f304 with no difficulties. We also cleaned out the sounding of k105. After we exposed all of k100 as it appeared at the end of the previous excavations we found that f304 from the previous excavations was probably a pit. We assigned it a new feature number f383 in case it wasn't exactly the same but it appears in the east section that in fact f304 is the same as our new f383. Because f383 would be the latest moment in time in k100 we decided to excavate it first. This took the rest of the morning and we still haven't finished. We will continue tomorrow. 

f 292
dy Today we exposed what remains of this feature in k100. It was easy to identify but appears to be slightly damaged from the backfill and the backfill removal. It was photographed (v192) to show its current state. 

f 304
dy Today we reexcavated k100 and removed all the backfill revealing what remains of f304. 
pr It was unclear if we had the same feature this year as was described in the UGR as f304 so we assigned it a new feature number f383 but it is now apparent they are the same. For the rest of this season we will refer to this accumulation by its new number f383

f 382
ds Cut through the southeast corner of k100. It is very straight and appears to cut through many features.
dy We assigned this feature today as we found that f383 is the fill of a cut. We can see the cut of the pebble floors in the east section very clearly. Right now we are not sure how far down the cut goes as we have not reached the end of f383. 

f 383
=l f304
ds Soft, wet brown soil. Some small pieces of brick can be seen when the surface is scraped but they never come apart in actual brick chunks. There are reddish inclusions and also some charcoal. Appears to be the fill of the cut f382. The soil is sticky and clings to the tools. It separates from the hard accumulations to the northwest which tells us there was a cut which was filled by the softer brown soil of f383. 
dy Today we excavated about 50cm of f383 and we still have not found the bottom. We photographed it after about 25cm to show what appear to be melted bricks inside (v193). 

k 105
dy Today we cleaned out k105 which was the sounding in front of the monumental staircase (f380). We will no longer use this locus but instead will excavate all of k100. 

a 12
A35 v197b
G9 f382
G9 f383
G9 f304
ds sharp cut across the southeast corner of k100 (f382) and its fill (f383)
df pit

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f 304
ad fill
ar Once k100 was excavated in 2009 it became apparent that the triangular deposition of a softer soil in the SE corner of k100 was not part of the original depositional sequence linked to the pavements but instead was the fill of pit. It appears that f304 is part of this pit fill. 

a 10
O99 There is no photograph of this aggregate or its constituent components.