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.fd Daily journal for Q828
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-wk All assigned workmen reported.

-sf jW and eDB spent the day at home processing relays and plots

-sy markers m3926, m4013, and m4009 loosened and removed.

-sg gB, mKB, fAB, jO, jW, vVE, rE and the unit staff met to discuss tht overall strategy for excavation in the next week.  We will begin to prepare the site to illustrate and document the key strata excavated in J3 in seasons MZ18 and MZ19.  First, we will record by photography the last substantial occupation of the site, probably by Middle Assyrians soon after abandonment by the Mittani.  We will highlight the stones of a4 juxtaposed with the tannur, f3 and the floor, f173.  To do so, we will remove the east baulk of k22 and k23 to the level of the mud glacis, f152, trim the pedistals upon which the stones of a4 temporarily rest, and expose the northern edge of the tannur rim.  After documenting these installations, we will remove the stones and the tannur.  The next phase of our efforts will be to continue to excavate the bulk line to the south, extending into the east baulk of k21.  we want to reach the level of the mud glacis in k23, the floor in k22, and the glacis and floor in k21.  Then, as one views the wall and glacis looking north from the south baulks of k11 and k21 one will see on the right the wall system as it esisted early in the Mittani phase and to the left, the memory of the wall as it existed in the latter part of the Mittani phase.  Next, we will remove the east baulks of k11 and k12.  This will fully expose the apron system as it existed in the middle of the Mittani phase.  These actions will complete the link between J3 and J2 to the east.  The link between J1 to the west and J3 will be illustrated by fully excavating k21 and k31 to their southern limits, thus providing a vantage point at k31 to view the wall system as it existed soon after it was built in the Early Dynastic phase.  Because the east baulks of J1 are high and hazardous to any activity around them, we will excavate k109 to a depth of 2 meters, draw the west bulk, then remove all baulks and projections in the line of sight.  The result will be the opportunity to see the growth and modification of the temple mound over its lifetime of 1,000 years of use.