.bk J02
.fl T902cJC.j
.fd Notes on the building of the cement staircase and the associated q-items from MZ20
.ed T902
.ei cJC
.en Added to on T909 by cJC

.rd T902
.ri cJC

k 106
ds This locus was assigned to the construction of the cement staircase in the south of J2 k5. The staircase extends from the surface of the tell, east of the panorama down to the level even with the lowest step of the apron (f131). The staircase was constructed in MZ20 (2007) by a team of workmen under the direction of lC. This staircase was built to give access to the monumental staircase and the apron from the south. It was rendered obsolete in MZ21 when J7 was excavated and the entry to J2 was provided via the long trench and a small staircase in the south of J7. Q-items were collected and records kept but the records were lost in MZ21. In MZ22 the q-items were located and were assigned new numbers as the numbers used by lC were reused by the excavations in MZ22. All the q-lots from MZ20 were reassigned to one q-lot, q901, which is the last of the MZ22 sequence. These items have all been located and renumbered to the best of our ability in MZ22. 

q 901
ds This q-lot encompasses all the q-items collected during the construction of the cement staircase in south J2. There are no pottery lots associated 
lc k106
ac Information was originally recorded about the different levels of excavation in k106 during the construction of the cement staircase but it was lost. All the q-items have therefore been reassigned to q901.

.rd T909
.ri cJC

q 901.5
df uk
ct laf
ni This q-item was formerly labeled as q842.1, baulk k106 on R811 by lC and was changed to its current number by cJC on T903. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106. 
ds Round stone artifact with a hole through the top, the edge around the hole is narrower. It is a bale brown stone, probably limestone. 

q 901.6
ni This q-item was formerly labeled as q840.2, level 8, k106 on R807 by lC and was changed to its current number by cJC on T903. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106. 
ds Half of a door socket with a half of a small round hole, possibly where the door post would go in. It is made of a white brown stone. 

q 901.1
ds Body of an animal figurine. No head or appendages preserved. It has a ridge along its back and the genetalia is preserved. 
ni This q-item was formerly labeled as q832.1 from level 4 k106 on R806 by lC and was changed to its current number by cJC on T903. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106. 

q 901.2
ds Unknown pieces of a figurine, t-shaped and broken on all 3 sides. 
ni This q-item was formerly labeled as q838.1, k106 on R807 by lC and was changed to its current number by cJC on T903. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106.

q 901.3
ni This item ws formerly q841-p from k106, level 8 recovered by lc on R807 and was reassigned to the current number by cJC on T904. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106.  

q 901.4
ni This q-item was formerly labeled as q830.1 from k106 level 2 by lC in MZ20 and was changed to its current number by cJC on T903. The excavations relating to the construction of the cement staircase in k106 during MZ20 were excavated using q-lots and levels, but this information was lost in MZ21. The q-lots were then reused in MZ22 and so the k106 items have all been reassigned to q901 in k106.