.bk J04
.fl U121sc.j
.fd on J04 _check features (121, 168-169)
.ei sC
.ed U121
.rd U121
.ri sC

f 167
df st
ds f167 (r171) has been assigned to a irregular large limestone in k83, located on top of some soil (f168) on one of the steps of the so called 'monumental staircase' in J02 Unit (J02f130).
tc re 160
wm limestone
co white
P99 removed QX03
;U310 originally pC defined the stone as f168 and the stone as f168 I decided to inver the f numbers,

f 168
df ad
ds This is the pedestal of f168, a limestone located on one of the steps of the monumental staircase, J02f130. f168 consist of a natural accumulation under the stone; the pedestal is part of the natural accumulations that build-up this portion of the tell mound that have been removed while digging in this locus in the 2004 excavation season).
P99 removed QX03
;tc re J02f130
;U310 originally pC defined the ad under the stone as f167 and the stone as f168 I decided to inver the f numbers,

f 121
df brickfall
ev On the basis of the excavations carried out in J06 unit, located immediately south to the area where J04 unit was set (J06 unit subsumed some J04 loci, i.e., J04k64-84 and thus J04k100), it is now possible to better define this feature, rich in brick fragments. f121 is part of the extended brick-fall named as bf^1 and bf^2 found throughout the whole J06 unit (and partially in the J07 unit as well) during the 2007-8 excavation seasons (bf^1 is a brickmelt accumulation and it is the topmost face -in its top 70 cm- of bf^2). The brickfall bf^2 in J06 is thought to be originated from structures of small buildings located on the east respect the area where J06 unit was set, which could possibly be connected with the residencial area C2 (cfr. J06 bf^2); the collapse of these structures, defined as brickfall bf^2, covered a vast area, today falling within the portion of the tell mound where J06, J07 and J02 units were set. k100 was subsumed in the 2008 excavation season within J06 unit as J06k84, and re-examinated. Thus, different features numbers have been attribuited -while digging in this locus in the last two years- respect to the layers already found in the 2006 excavation season. The topmost portion of f121 seems to be the same as J06f53 and J06f55; while the portion of f121 'located' at the elevation of 89.70 (and below) seems to be the same of J06f164. J06f53 and J06f55 are part of the brickfall bf^2 and are characterized by the presence of complete bricks and brick fragments (these are thought to come from a structure located on the east, perhaps in J06k74). On the basis of the elevation, and being f121 similar -in its soil matrix- to features J06f53 and J06f55, I think that the top portion of f121 is the same as J06f53 and J06f55, and thus, it is possible to ascribe the top portion of this feature to s19b and s19c (Phase 63-MZA). In the bottom portion, i.e., in the last 10cm, f121, instead, is the same of f150, and, the same of J06 f164 as well, this on the basis of the elevation: top elevation J06 f164 is 88.65, bottom elevation of J04 f121 is 88.54. On the basis of the elevation and of the similarity of the soil matrix between f121 with J06 f164, it is possible to ascribe the lower portion of f121 to s49 (Phase 32-MZA).

f 88
el 9129 (not real bottom of feature since we stop digging in this portion of k84)@bottom
nr The bottom elevation recorded at the end of the 2006 excavation season is not the bottom elevation of f88, but only the lower elevation reached in the S portion of k84, since then we stop digging in this portion of the locus since we changed strategy. We decided to dig only the N portion of the locus together with the S portion of k83, and we assigned a new locus number to this 'new locus': k100.