Daily Trench Journal

Area F, Trench 20

June 6, 2005

M. Baldi

Work on F 20 today seems to have moved slowly. The baulks and floor were straightened; additionally detail work was done on the fireplace or oven discard and was removed as part of Locus 3. Also the rocks near the South baulk on the southeast quadrant were cleaned photographed and then removed. I had thought that maybe this were place there as a way to cover or mark a burial, but after removing some centimeters from under them, nothing was found. But, this is still a possibility. One of the rocks was interesting, as it was constituted of a fine sand, perhaps from the Dicle, but very hard, and rounded on one end. This is a kind of gray sandstone and its provenance is unknown. The stones were not collected but the sandstone was placed outside the trench and will be kept.

Work throughout the trench was mainly in lowering it to the red brick level visible on the East baulk of F 1.