Daily Log

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Wednesday, 29 July

The ninth cut down was completed, but did not go below the layer of black soil (C)- in the tenth cut down, black soil remained around a complex of stones in grid J-13 and part of 14, while on the other side of this (i.e. in grid K-13) the soil changed to a yellow-brown (slightly darker than the upper, second layer of yellowish soil in the trench).  The cut has yet to be continued into J and K 14+-17.

(Because of the slope of the underlying terrain, the C level was lower in grids J-K 17, so the ninth cut down included a cleaning up of the yellowish  layer (B) before excavation of C- 2 strawberry boxes of sherds and one small bag of bones were sent down- refer to p. 21 .)  Also 1 terracotta fragment with rough, parallel, flat-topped ridges from J-16B.

Finds- from C level

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• Find 1
• J-15
• 'slag\' encrusted terracotta fragment, lumpy shape
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Pottery- from C layer- one large box of assorted sherds send down (impasto, and small plain bucchero sherds, also 1 strawberry box of softer fabric pieces- including bottoms of 1 black flared bowl, and 1/2 soft, pink fabric flared bowl

Also 2 pinkish-buff sherds with orange-red paint

2 rocchetti- one is lacking 1 knob, other knob has one small, off-center hole, other is larger, heavy, with very flat knobs

one large bag of bones, some burnt, also sent down

tiles dumped- 1 box