Daily Log

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July 7, 1978

Morning

Work began by continuing the second cut (the Dark Brown Layer) from ABC/7-ABC/1.  Sporadic tile and pottery finds (impasto) are characteristic of this level.  This cut did, however, produce one notable find - a terracotta face, probably that of a male, was found in C-2.  Some tile was found close to the face.

WHile work on the Dark Brown Layer was being completed, a third cut of approximately 20 cm in depth was started.  This cut was started in ABC/7 and it immediately exposed a redish soil that contains a great deal of carbon.  As soon as the red soil, which will be refered to as the Red Layer, was penetrated, a large quantity of material was found.  Tile and pottery were abundant - the sudden increase in the amount of tile and pottery excavated when work moved from the Dark Brown Layer to the Red Layer was extreme.  The pottery was quite normal (still very little bucchero) -

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with the exception that one piece of Greek painted pottery was found in B-7.  During this first stage of the Red Layer cut there were two notable occurances.  First, it produced a great amount of bronze in a very concentrated area.  About 8-10 pieces of bronze were found in B-7.  Though most of these are fragments of sheet or chunks of slag, 2 complete and well preserved nails as well as one complete tack were found.  Second, finds of plaster with reed impressions were frequent.

This Red Layer cut of approzimately 20 cm in depth was made in ABC/7.

Tile: 4 cassetti

Pottery: 4 boxes

19780055

19780055

• B-7 [Red layer]
• From a depth of c.50 cm.
• A complete bronze nail

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19780245

19780245

• B-7 [Red layer]
• From a depth of c.50 cm
• A small impasto cup/bowl - in four pieces - with the exception of a foot, it is a complete profile;

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19780249

• B-7 [Red layer]
• From a depth of c.50 cm
• A chunk of bronze slag - 4 cm in diameter, 1 cm in width;

19780056

19780056

• B-7 [Red layer]
• From a depth of c.50 cm
• A bronze nail - the tip is slightly chipped.

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19780097

19780097

• C-2 [Red layer]
• From a depth of c. 50 cm
• A terracotta face of a male - fresh chips above left eye and to the right of lips - old chips above lips and on nose - traces of red paint between lips and chin.  Joins form from MTVI, p. 127 no. 8

Afternoon

Work consisted of continuing the Red Layer cut from ABC/7 to ABC/6.  Work was slow because a heavy concentration of tile was encountered in ABC/6.  This concentration of tile cannot be considered a true tile fall - the tile does not spread the entire width of the trench (ABC) and it is not at a consistant level.  There are large gaps around two major groups of tile.  Work ended by exposing all of the tile and cleaning it down.  Some pottery was found in ABC/6, but the

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quantity was not nearly that which was found in ABC/7.

Tile: 2 cassetti

Pottery: 1 box

Drawings of finds 1-3 [of the afternoon]