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-dy Today I get new workmen: Riad Omar, Ferid, Taer Mamo, Khaed, Ferhad. I have now 4 pickmen, therefore tomorrow I will have another pick. I organized the teams for each square. aKarim is in k85, Fahed in k75, Shallal and Su'ar in k65. Today we excavated in all the squares. In k85 we went down with f12, in k75 we went down with f9, but before we removed f10, which was an area with more stones and pottery, and in k65 with f14, which is accumulation under topsoil. Today we decided with gB and fAB to take views of all the area of J6 with J4 and J2 together from different ranges. The view from the north will show the relation between the Khabur area in J4, were the glacis and the bin are, and the accumulations to the south in J6, but also visible in the South sections in J4. The view from the south will show how is J6 after 4 days of excavation and at the and of the season we will have the same view of the area, showing the possible wall or structures. The view from West will show the J2 and J4 area, the section of J6k200 (which is the east section of J2k100) and J6. Today we draw the North section of k85.

k 85
dy Today we keept all the day f12, which is always the same clay, very fine in texture and very soft. It has still very few pottery or stones. The soil comes out in chunks when picked and leaves color on fingers. In the Western area there are some small carbons, and there are still roots. gB observed this feature and finds it very interesting because of the texture and that is so soft. In k85 we expect to find a brick fall at the elevation of 90.00@ or even higher. At the end of the day we cleaned all because we reached the elevation of k84. eA and cJC draw the North section and then Diadin photographed it. Tomorrow we will take down the North section.

k 75
dy in k75 Fahed is the only pickmen for today: he went very fast, even the soil was hard: he removed first the South-east area which is f10 and then continue to remove f9. We forgot to take the bottom elevation of f10, but is only 10 cm thick. Today we keept the same feature because there was no particular change in the soil: f9 is still crumby in consistence and hard when picked. It is fine in texture as f6 in k85. Today from this feature we collected very few pottery. In the center of the square Fahed found an animal hole, which is at the elevation of 9191@ and is 5cm in diameter. After a pickrun the soil is more fine and has patches of softer and harder soil. In the North baulk there is a stone, probably floating.

k 65
dy In k65 Shallal and Su'ar are the pickmen. today they were very slow, due probably to the hardness of the soil. We relayed f13, the burnt area under topsoil, which is f13: we did not collected pottery from this feature, because it is only a thin layer of ash. I decided to give a different number because extends in a big area. We reley it and then continue to excavate. The new feature is f14 which has lot of roots, dark organic band and a lot of pottery and stones.

-wk Taher Mamo was not present after breakfast