Daily Log

277

July 21, 1980

A.M.

Tile III

Pottery III

The 1m cut continued through FF and GG-9-10-11.  There continues to be a burn layer of carbonized material at 1m and the soil remains yellow-grey with tile sparsely scattered throughout.  BIts of pithos and large course-ware vessels continue to be found.  The pithos fragments found in FF-9 on July 18 afternoon was pantile.

278

279

The tile layer at 60-80cm in GG, HH, II-9,10,11 was drawn and photographed.

It should be noted that in the 80cm-1m cut that:

1) The bronze slag found in this cut is much more decomposed and corroded than bronze found in other cuts, almost to the point of looking just like the "contact" corrosion product.

2) Wood (carbonized) has been found immediately beneath tile fragments as if the wood and tile have been pressed together.

280

281

282

283

284

285

286

19800162

19800162

• Photo

287

288

289

P.M.

Tile 5

Pottery 1

The task of lifting the tile in meters HH,II-9,10,11 was begun with mestaline.  A number (~6) of large pantile fragments (~25cm length) were found but a whole length or width of a pantile was not able to be reconstructed.  There was plaster at the surface of the tile layer but little was uncovered as the tile was lifted.  There was a heavy burn layer (carbonized material) in HH-10 beneath the tile at ~75cm.  The tile remained thick as the 80cm level was approached.

290

291

19800121

19800121

• Find #2
• HH-10
• 75cm
• terracotta fragments with possible letters
  • Drawing
  • Photo

292

293

294

295

19800193

19800193

• Find #6
• II-9
• 70cm
• incised bone builloche pattern
  • Drawing
  • Photo