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-su Now that the MZ19 (2006-Q) excavation season is over, we have accomplished the following:  First, the south face of the revetment wall, f11, has been completely exposed.  Now from an elevated platform just to the south of the locus, one can see the wall from the western part of Ji, through J3, to the manumental staircase in J2 to the east.  Second, the apron, f10, has been completely exposed.  In addition, the phases of its construction and use have been carefully documented.  Second, we exposed additional portions of the baqaya glacis to the north and to the west.  Somewhat to our surprise, there was a packed mud (wahal) glacis atop the baqaya glacis and a mud glacis with sherds and stones atop the packed mud glacis.  At the north edge of the excavation, the wahal directly covered the baqaya.  Nearer the wall to the south, there were additional layers of accumulation between the baqaya and the wahal due to aeolian deposition in the later phases of sacral use in the Mittani period.  The final covering that we could identify was a mixture of sherds and pebbles in a mud matrix.  Whether or not this was a natural deposition of material deposited by water run-off remains problematical.

-su Third, we discovered the remnants of a brick coating atop the baqaya glacis along the north edge of the excavated area.  Although we had planned to excavate a locus closer to the temple to look for the brick coating and a sector of the stones that ringed the mound, gB pointed out that the bricks exposed by the recent German excavation in B6 had already melted.  Therefore, we could learn nothing more without damaging the mound.  Fourth, as of this date we are making satisfactory progress toward completing the Global Record.  An unexpected result of the excavation was the discovery of a group of Uruq seal impressions in spoils dumped from the nearby excavation of a pit that was cut into the baqaya and the fill below which was used to build the mound behind the revetment wall.  This coupled with the large quantities of Late Chalcolithic ceramics recovered from the probe beneath the baqaya last season and the fill below cuts of pits found this year confirm the existance of a substantial occupation of the site well before the Early Dynastic III period.

-sf eDB ill and visited the doctor in Qamishlie.  eI taken by gB after breakfast to draw seal impressions from J3.

-wk eI Finished processing logs from J3 East.  eDB continued to process logs from J3 West.  bL finished processing object data and will work on Harris Matrices and stratigraphic analyisis with jW.