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-mk Today mk bwp put one new marker in the NW corner of k84 (m4503) and two control points: one in the W section of k84 (m4502) and one in the S section of k73 (m4501).

-wk Today Akhmet Mohammed Hussein was absent. I have been assigned a new workmen, Nadal (S). Before breakfast I have been asked for some workmen. I send one team (1P, 2S, 1W) to J1 before breakfast. From today rE will be working with us as part of J4 staff.

k 72
dy Today we continued to dig f103 in k72 (q248). While digging in the N area of the square. we start exposing a very compact surface. This is characterized by a very hard surface, which presents small fragment of bricks and little stones (<2mm). This surface slopes toward s, and between the N and S area of the square there are approximately 15-20cm difference in elevation. The surface exposed looks like the "mud glacis" that Jim and rE have been exposing in J3 in this season. f103, instead, it is characterized by a very compact surface, which presents fragments of bricks, which are completely melted.

k 83
dy Today we continued digging in the S portion of k83 (i.e. 70m N and 360m E to m4409). Yesterday, at the end of the day we expose a very compact surface, fine in texture and dark brown in colour. Today we assigned a new feature number to this accumulation, f119, and start digging it (q246). Few pottery sherds have been collected, and, among these, some Habur sherds. f119 is the same of f118 in the N area of k84. At the bottom elevation of q246 a ash layer has been noticed in the NW corner of the excavated square.

k 84
dy Today we continued digging the natural accumulation f88 (q249) in the S portion of k84 (i.e. 120m N and 400m E to m3830). We then assigned a new feature number to the "false" baulk we left between the S and the N portion of k84 (for safety reason): (f138, q250), since we are planning to remove it. Before starting its removal, we first dug the portion of f86 (the pit) left in the S section of k84 (q252). No bones have been recovered while digging the small portion of f86. While doing so, another team was digging the N are of k84. Yesterday, at the end of the day, we reached also in this portion of the square a very compact surface, fine in texture and dark brown in colour. This is the same of f119 in the S area of k83. We then took a general view of k84 and k83 showing the similar accumulation in both two portions of squares (v63, v63a, v63b, v63c, v63d). We assigned a new feature number to this accumulation, f119, and start digging it in the area 70m N and 360m E to m4409 (q246). Few pottery sherds have been collected, and, among these, some Habur sherds (we decided to show some of them to mKB in order to know the exact periodization). In digging f119 five stones, small in dimensions have been exposed. gB and fAB came in the field after breakfast. We had a brief discussion about the strategy for the work we have to carry out in J4 before the end of the excavation. 
sg Given the need of workmen in J1, we decided to change a bit the strategy we planned last friday (Q908), in occasion of the weekly meeting with all J4 and Mozan staff in the field. We thus decided not to dig in k80 as well as k61 and k82, and leave the unanswered questions related with these locus open for next year excavation season. We decided that the priority now is to understand whether in k84 we can find the primary Apron, and then understand the bin structure in k73. We thus decided to remove the N baulk of k84, and dig the N area of k84 toghether with the S area of k83 in order to have a larger portion and therefore be more able to identifie possible floor surfaces or changes within the same area. A concern of gB was then given by the possibility that we could undermine the wall f129. We thus decided that we will leave 100m E from m4503, in order to not undermine or loose information useful (the face of the wall or floors abbutting the wall in its E face). At the end of the day we thus start removing the N baulk of k84, f80 (q255, q256). Before removing the baulk, I draw and then I took a general view of the N section (v64, v64a, v64b, v64c, v64d). Tomorrow we'll start digging the N area of k84 toghether with the S area of k83 as if it were a unique square. By having a larger portion to investigate we hope to have a better understanding of this portion of our unit. 
nr Since we found some Habur sherds in k84 as well as in k72, we decided to give some q-lots to mKB from today excavation in order to know their periodization.

k 70
dy Today we continued digging in the S portion of k70, f116 (q245, q253). After two pickruns we exposed some stones in the NW corner of the square. These are lower in elevation as they apperead in k71, and it looks like if the top of f10 in k70 has been partially removed or reorganized.