.bk J05 .fl T722jW.j .fd Daily journal for T722. Feature descriptions and comments. Locus descriptions. Aggregate descriptions .fn k104,k105,k106; f74,f155,f158,f161,f201; a8,a9 .ei jW .ed T722 .rd T722 .ri jW -wk All thirteen assigned workmen reported. -sf jN worked in the house after breakfast to process objects from previous seasons. Her work on that project continued into the afternoon. f 74 ar This soil feature has previously been identified as a purpose-built mud escarpment, primarily because of its hardness and its proximity to stone wall, f41. As we have excavated it, we find that it covers a stone staircase, f205, three steps of which have been exposed which abuts f41. The surface of feature 74 follows the general slope of wall, f41, (NW to SE), its depth conforms with the steeper slope of the stairs, f205, which abut f41. It is consistently dense and hard-packed. The better view is that f74 is a natural escarpment for wall, f41. It was formed when loess began to cover the steps of ^strc2. The path along the wall continued in use and it was compacted by the weight of those who walked there. a 8 ds A cache of sling balls in several clusters of complete balls and fragments found in soil (f74) in a 50 cm long rectangle atop the steps of stair, f205. Aside one of the clusters was a lump of raw clay, which by visual inspection was identical to that seen in the balls. This suggests that they were being manufactured here. a 9 ds Two fist-sized basalt pestals and and some flakes of bronze found just to the west of the top exposed step of stair, f205. One of the pestals had a piece of bronze imbedded in it. f 158 ds An accumulation consisting of densly packed fine grained soil with imbedded sherds and stones along and south of revetment wall, f189. It is atop early, f184, and late, f169, escarpments to revetment wall, f189. Its source was probaly loess, which gradually covered the escarpments. Its compaction may be explained by its use as a footpath. f 155 ds Two parallel rows of melon-sized stones running north to south which abut a buttress-like clump of stones, f161, which extend southeast from the corner of revetment wall extension, f3. They are high founded and may have served to divert running water away from f3 and f161. There is evidence (sand-filled channels cut into harder accumulations near the revetment wall) that this was a problem of long standing. P1 T723 ;tc re f208 ;tc ab f161 f 161 ds A high-founded cluster of stones held together by mud mortar that projects southwest from a sharp corner of the late Mittani revetment wall, f3. In conjunction with stone installation, f155, it may have served to divert running water away from f3 to prevent the corner from eroding and collapse. There is evidence (sand-filled channels cut into harder accumulations near the revetment wall) that this was a problem of long standing. ;tc re f208 ;tc ab f3 f 201 ds The thin layer of natural accumulation and material fallen from baulks which accreted onto the surface of locus k104 during the winter after the MZ21 excavation ended and the MZ22 excavation season began. We removed it to uncover the top surface of features that we intended to excavate in MZ22. ;tc co f202 ;tc co f74 ;tc co f158 k 104 ds A long, narrow, banana-shaped locus bounded on the north by the south side of locus, k22; on the east by the face of wall, f41; on the west by the extant northeast face of locus, k32, on the north by the south faces of revetment walls, f3 and f189; on the south by the north face of locus k100; and on the east by the border between units J1 and J5. It has subsequently been divided into a north half, k105, and a south half, k106. k 105 ds A long, narrow locus consisting of the north half of locus, k104. It has an east baulk conforming to the Mozan grid separating it from locus k106. The purpose of this baulk is to preserve a section prependicular to the revetment walls. k 106 ds A long, narrow locus consisting of the south half of locus, k104. We are not maintaining an east baulk on this locus.