.bk J05
.fl S904jW.j
.fd daily journal for S904 and feature descriptions
.fn features f184 to f192
.ei jW
.ed S904
.rd S904
.ri jW

-dy Today in the field we drew the east section of k14, w26.  We recorded data for new features and described them.  jW and lH met with gB and fAB to tentatively allocate features to the phases set forth in the Phase Sequence for Mittani Horizon, dated S902.

f 184
ds The latest of two original escarpments that abut the revetment wall, f189, in k2.  It is a continuation to the west of the escarpment originally found in J1 and designated by them as feature, J1f239.  It is a coating comprised of layers of very fine grained reddish soil.  Farther to the west it is covered by floor accumulation, f169.

f 185
ds The glacis associated with oldest version of the revetment wall, f189.  It can only be seen in section because it was excavated in a previous season during the search for the western extension of the revetment wall system which originates in unit J2 to the east and continues west through units J3 and J1 and now into J5.  It is made of the red baqaya virgin soil of this region, which charateristically contains small nodules of limestone.  From the section it cannot be determined whether it abutted or bonded with the revetment wall.

f 186
ds A double row of large, roughly dressed limestone blocks running south to north and bonded with the earliest revetment wall, f189, which runs east to west in k12..  It is likely that this wall formed the western face of the revetment wall system when it was originally constructed.  A later western extension, f3 was added during remodeling conducted during the Mittani period.

f 187
ds A large natural lens of relatively soft, sandy brown soil seen only in the east section of k14.  It would have been excavated as part of the surrounding natural accumulation, f106, without being recognized at the time as a separate feature.

f 188
ds A row of dressed limestone blocks with flat tops laid horizontally in the eastern part of locus k2.  They are seen in a narrow trench running east to west that was dug to assist in tracing escarpment f184 from J1 into J5.  We cannot yet see the bottom of the revetment wall, f189, in this area, but the stones of f188 are considerably lower and better cut than the part we can see.  Although pottery above this feature has not been analyzed, these stones were probably cut and placed during the Late Chalcolithic period.

f 189
ds The westward extension of the revetment wall, feature 72 in unit J1, excavated in several previous seasons.  At the start of the season we assigned f3 to the entire revetment wall, but subsequently we realized that it had both components that were built in Phase 1, eastern (this) section, and others that were built during Phase 6, western section, still f3.

f 190
ds An ashy lens of natural accumulation covering naturally compacted floor, f191, which in turn covers glacis, f185.  It is seen only in section in k2 because it was excavated in a previous season during the search for the western extension of the revetment wall system which originates in unit J2 to the east and continues west through units J3 and J1 and now into J5.  Its texture is sandy and dusty.

f 191
ds A highly compacted natural floor accumulation above glacis, f185.  It is seen only in section in k2 because it was excavated in a previous season during the search for the western extension of the revetment wall system which originates in unit J2 to the east and continues west through units J3 and J1 and now into J5.  It is stone-like in hardness and texture, and probably represents the surface of the glacis which was exposed to rain and sunlight.

f 192
ds A single line of stones atop revetment wall, f3, in k22.  It extends  from the southwestern corner of the revetment wall, north and into ^bin1.  Its stones are roughly cut and placed atop f3 on a layer of mud mortar.  They are above glacis, and therefore seem to be late additions (perhaps functioning as memeory stones) to revetment wall, f3.