Description:

Locus 12 was a medium brown, heavily compacted and claylike deposit with significant plaster inclusions located in the northeastern corner of the trench, just south of the southern face of EPOC4’s north wall, and the the north and the east of the 2017 stratigraphic sections. The locus was a beaten earth surface lying at the same elevation as beaten earth surface 2, and thus is the same surface. The deposit was excavated using handpicks and trowels. Removing the northwestern section of locus 12 revealed more of the bedrock that was already evident at the start of the T90 2018 excavations. It contained high quantities of pottery and plaster, with smaller inclusions of tile, bone, slag, and vitrified terracotta. Locus 12 was equivalent to Locus 8 from the T90 2017 excavations. Locus 12 underlaid Locus 11 and overlaid Locus 13.

Cataloged Finds:

• 20180038: Large plaster fragment
• 20180039: Plaster with reed impressions
• 20180004: Tile with adhered slag
• 20180022: Plaster with reed impressions
• 20180041: Plaster with finished surfaces
• 20180011: Bifurcated handle

Secure Context: Yes