.bk J05
.fl T817jW.j
.fd Daily journal for T817 and feature descriptions
.fn f280-f282
.ei jW
.ed T817
.rd T817
.ri jW

-wk Thirteen of fifteen assigned workmen reported.  Anwar and Omo absent.  Muhammad temporarily assigned to us from conservation project.  A crew of 8 (2 pickmen, four shovelmen, and 2 wheelbarrowmen) worked in the afternoon to assure that we could finish on schedule T818.

-dy In k105 we removed the balance of accumulation, f280, from atop the pebble natural floor, f278.  Pickman Su'ar noticed that there was an ashy accumulation, f282, to the southwest of the stones of ^esc1 under the natural floor, f278.  In k106, we removed the baulk between k105 and k106 in two parts: first the volumetric material above the red "escarpment," then f268 itself. Further east we removed the layered escarpment, f241, from the west baulk to the exploratory cut to the east.

-sg For the last day's excavation we will clean and photograph the natural floor surface, f278, then we will remove it to expose the stones of the stone escarpment, ^esc1.  In k106 we will excavate the sherd layer, f242, to fully expose the stones of ^esc1.  When most of the soil is removed, we will remove the shafat and trim the high dirt foundations of the Mittani revetment wall, f3.

f 280
ds A soft, red accumulation which covers the natural floor, f278, in the southeast sector of k105.  It is possibly a remnant of the red mass of soil, f268, which covered the stones of ^esc1 farther to the east.  If so, it may have been a part of the later escarpment, ^esc2, which appears in layered form farther to the east.
;tc co f278

;f 259
;tc co f280

;f 278
;tc co f265
;tc co f282

f 281
ds The volumetric material in the baulk between k105 and k106, from the top down to the red mass of material, f280, which was excavated separately to provide pottery for the dertermination of the approximate date of deposition.
;tc co f280

f 282
ds A thin layer of ash under the natural floor, f278 and adjacent (to the southwest) of the stones of the first escarpment, f265.
;tc ab f265
;tc co f288