Daily Log

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July 22, 1980

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Tile IIII 1/2

Pottery III

The tile layer continued to be cleaned down in meters GG,HH,II-9-11 with mestaline and lifted.  A pick was then used and the soil + tile inspected.  It does not appear that this tile layer contains any complete tiles or fragments of architectural decoration.  The possbile pipeline ( pg. 245 ) continues to be uncovered.  Meters HH-9,10,11 were almost completely taken to 80cm.

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Note that the cover tile fragments appear to be concentrate in the northern end of HH-10 while pan tile fragments are concentrated at the southern end of this meter and in HH-11.  GG-10 yield a number of cover tiles before work was slowed to methodically uncover the tile layer.

The 1.0m cut was extended through GG-9,10,11 and the same type soil as already mentioned was encounted with a carbonized layer at 1.0m.  Pithos fragments were found at 1.0m.  In this carbonized layer, bits of bronze (badly corroded) were found.

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Tile 5

Potery 1

Work continued with mestaline in lifting the tile layer in II-9,10,11.  Meter II-11 was completely taken down to 80cm with a pick, as was the western portion of II-9.

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Photo of tile layer at 60cm-80cm July 21, 1980

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Drawing of tile layer at 60cm-80cm: July 21, 1980

See page 267 for more information on this tile layer

See also 258 for more photographs