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-wk Three picks and 5 in support reported for work.

-sf gM remained in the house after breakfast to process objects.

-dy Continued to excavate the topological column, k102.  All dirt is being sifted.  Encountered and removed four large, floating stones, f41, f44, f45, f46.  Explored for the south face of wall, f11, in the middle and east sides of k101.  We excavated the accumulation, f47, under the large stone, f40, which was moved to the SW corner of the locus.  The purpose was to try and determine when the stone may have been deposited in its present position, which, because it was laying on its side, seemed to indicate that it happened after the wall was built/rebuilt.  A soil sample was taken and a base of a small cup, i4, was retrieved alongside some slag, perhaps from metal-working.  The cup is apparently from the Mitanni period.  The aggregate was photographed, v14.  A preliminary stratigraphic analysis of the construction of the apron wall, f10, which sits above and to the north of the massive temple mound wall, f11, was performed.  There are three distinct layers which underlay the stones.  The top is brown, the middle is filled with brick chunks, and the bottom, f42, is reddish, with few inclusions.  This seems to indicate that the apron may have been rebuilt several times.  The mini-section was photographed, v13, for use in a more detailed analysis which will follow shortly.