Daily Log

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June 26, 1971

Rain. No work.

The ivory fragments were gathered and photographed. In addition the animal figurines there are over twenty fragments of varying sizes.

Summary of the workin Rectangle 7 grid A-F 2-4

Strata: A pavement: shallow but clearly recognizable all over the present cut. Virtually no finds, only odd sherds and tile fragmetns which could have worked their way up from below the pavement.

D heavily burnt, bright red, especially in

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19710089

19710089

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photo

19710111

19710111

• R7-D4-D
• spindle whorl
  • photo

19710112

19710112

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photo

19710113

19710113

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photo

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grid A-G 2. Heavy concentration of carbon all over hte cut.

E stratum below str. D. In places extremely sharp division between the two layers. Str. E consists of a sandy grey soil which becomes clay-like when wet. No finds in the upper part of this str. Finds from str. D sometimes lying immediately over str. E, with one side resting in str. E.

Pithos fragments and tiles

Heavy layer all over the cut. Some pithos standing upright, with the bottom preserved; other seemingly kicked or fallen over. Very frew rim fragments. Most pithos

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19710114

19710114

• R7-C3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

19710115

19710115

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

19710121

19710121

• R7-D4-D
• bronze nail
  • photos
  • restoration photos

19710122

19710122

• R7-D4-D
• bronze nail
  • photos

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fragments plain. A few with a double rope pattern.

Tile fragments:

numerous but few in relation to the pithos fragments. A complete width of a cover tile was found. Likewise a pan tile with a letter, an alpha. Tile fragments seemed larger in grid A-F 2 than in 3-4. No complete length of a pan tile recovered.

1-2 boxes of pithos and tile fragments gathered from each square meter.

Pottery

Bucchero predominant. Fine walls. Linear designs, scallops and figure decoration. bowls, cups and kylixes of

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19710123

19710123

• R7-D4-D
• bronze nail
  • photos

19710124

19710124

• R7-E4-D
• bronze nail with iron corrosion
  • photos
  • additional photos in LB I, p. 52 #1

19710137

19710137

• R7-E4-D
• iron and bone plates
  • photos
  • additional photos

19710139

19710139

• R7-E3-D
• bronze and iron nail
  • photos
  • additional photos LB I, p. 52 #2

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varying size and quality.

Two complete jars of impasto with a band decoration below the rim.

Frequency of sherds noticeable. Strawberry cartons filled wiht many small not identifiable pieces. Layer sections of pots usually found together leaning against the body of a pithos. The complete pots found so far have been lying upside down with the foot or bottom facing upwards. Inside on of the pots from C2 there was a carbonized object which looked like nut or small fruit with at least two small stones inside. In working over the sherds the magazzino staff discovered that sherds from different ends of the trench join.

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19710140

19710140

• R7-D3-D
• bronze nail
  • photo

19710204

19710204

• R7 str. D
• semicircular burnt ivory fragment
  • photos see LB I, p. 49 #2

19710248

19710248

• R7-D3-D
• rocchetto fragment
  • photos

19710191

19710191

• R7-F3-D
• bronze tack
  • photo

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Other objects

Small ivories have appeared in Str. D in the layer below the tile and pithos fragments. They have been found in all hte grids in which we have lifted the tile and pithos fragments. The ivories are in the most part heavily burnt and look very much like bucchero. The surface is however much shinier and somewhat striped.

In addition to several bronze nails and unidentifiable lumps we have found a fibula, a rhyton (?) and two bronze statuettes. These latter objects were lying immediately under a pithos fragment, facing upwards.

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19710324

19710324

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

19710325

19710325

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

19710326

19710326

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

19710332

19710332

• R7-D3-D
• spindle whorl
  • photos

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Spindle whorls, all of bucchero or buccheroid impasto appear in large numbers- ca 15 so far. They are for the most part small, with vertical ridges in the body.

A bronze object- probably the rim of a cauldron has been noticed but is not yet excavated. see p. 97

Two iron objects, seemingly long and straight have been noticed but not yet excavated. see p. 87

Chunks of "stucco" have been found in the upper layers of str. D.