.bk J05
.fl T725jW.j
.fd Daily journal for T725. Feature descriptions and comments
.fn f203,f204,f205,f207,f209,f210
.ei jW
.ed T725
.rd T725
.ri jW

-wk All assigned workmen reported.

-eq The long shafat was installed and began operating late in the day.  It will ease the removal problem developing as we excavate far below the surface.  After the shafat was installed we installed a safety fence around a previously excavated deep sounding to the south of k100.

-dy eA and sE drew the section of the east face of k106 in the afternoon so that removal of accumulation, f158, to trace escarpment, f169 to the west could continue.

f 162
fo This feature was verbally defined as the volumetric material in the north and east baulks of locus k32.  It is the same soil as natural accumulation f136.  However, in view 124, f162 it is depicted as the accumulation below f136.  Now that we are cutting back this northeast face of k105 to make more room for excavating to the southwest of the Third Millennium wall, f41 and the adjacent stairs, f205, we will the soil we are removing will be designated as f209.

-sf jW working on the URG at home before and after breakfast.  After breakfast, jN cntinued working on the site-wide item processing system.  sE spent time after breakfast at home identifying photos for views.

f 208
ds The volumetric material under stone installations f155 and f161, which in turn are a late addition to the revetment wall extension, f3.  The installations probably protected the corner of f3 from damage from water which flowed along its outside perimeter in the last phase of the use of the wall.  Its phase is expected to be Late Mittani from the stratigraphy.  This material is soil and it overlays the south end of floor accumulation, f74.
tc ov f74

;f 155
;tc re f208

;f 161
;tc re f208

f 209
ds The laminar sand and silt accumulation below natural accumulation, f135 in the eastern half of k105.  It is being excavated to clear space for more extensive excavation of stair, f205, to the east.  The layers are clearly visible and are from one to five centimeters thick, alternating between sand containing small pebbles and compressed silt.  It probably was formed during a post-Mittnai phase as buildings were destroyed by weathering.  The total accumulation is over one meter thick and can also be seen further to the southeast on the north face of locus k100.

;f 135
;tc co f209

f 207
ds A large isolated limestone boulder in locus k105. It is apparently not a part of any structure.  It is located near the northwest corner of the intersection of the older revetment wall, f41 and its late westward extension, f3.  It sits in floor accumulation, f74.  It is not apparent whether it was natrually deposited or deliberately placed.
;tc si f203

f 205
ds A stairway ascending to the north and which either abuts or is bonded with revetment wall, f41.  The steps are constructed of large, flat rectangular cut stones.  As of T725, three steps have been exposed, with more expected to the south.  We have not yet traced the stairway to its extremities because we need to understand better its stratigraphic relationship with the surrounding soil features to its immediate west.  This is needed to determine when it was built and how long it remained in use.
;tc ab f41

f 203
ds Natural accumulation in the eastern half of locus k105 beneath accumulation f201.
;tc co f205
;tc co f207

;f 201
;tc co f203

f 204
ds This is the volumetric material in the eastern most northeast projections ("teeth") of the sawtooth-shaped eastern part of locus k100.  It is below natural accumulation f174 which was excavated during season MZ21.

;f 174
;tc co f204

f 210
ds An isolated worked stone block located very close to, but not abutting, the revetment wall, f189, on the north side of locus k106.  It sits in natural accumulation, f158.  Although the top is horizontal, it is high founded and does not appear to be associated with any nearby stones.
;tc si f158