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167		N	gk13	This photograph shows the condition of locus k13 before it was cleaned of modern surface soil and deposits.  The erosion channels running N-S  result from periodic hard rains.
167a	m	N	gk13	This photograph, taken from an elevated position shows better the runoff channels and loose dirt and pottery near where the digging will occur.
167b	m	S	gk13	This photograph, taken looking in the opposite direction shows the surface debris which has built up over the last three years since the underlying baqaya was exposed.
167c	m	E	gk13	This photograph, taken looking east shows the steep N to S slope of the baqaya surface, facilitation water drainage from storms.
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168		N	gk110,13 gf109	This photograph shows the new locus, k110, which is a rectangle set into the northeast corner of k13.  A layer of baqaya, f109 forms the entire top layer of the locus.
168a	m	OSW	gk110,13 gf109	This photo shows the surface of f109 after it was cleaned but before excavation began.  The surface is pock-marked and some of the depressions are several centimeters deep.
168b	m	E	gk110,13 gf109	This photo shows that the surface of f09 is uniformly sloped down from north to south.  It also has the consistency of a crust over what is below.
169		N	gk110,13 gf109,346,347	This photo, taken after the first day of excavation shows the features directly beneath the baqaya surface, f109.  There are two new features visible: f346, a hard, dense bricky material; and f347, a softer soil with pockets of imbedded ash.
169a	m	OSW	gk110,13 gf109,347	This sub-view shows that f347 is pock-marked with animal burrows containing very soft, dark soil.
169b	m	E	gk110,13 gf109,347	This sub-view shows a vertical section of f347, above which is the old east baulk of k13.  In hindsight, it should have been cleaned prior to the start of this excavation in MZ23.
170		N	gk110,13 gf109,346,347,349	This progress photo shows locus k110 near the close of excavation on U913.  The area of interest (k110) is shaded, but the locus which contains it, k13, is in bright sunlight.
170a	t	OSW	gk110,13 gf109,346,347,349	This sub-view shows that f347 continued its intrusion into f346 and f349.  One can see the traces of some of the individual burrows and dens.
170b	t	N	gk110 gf347,348	This closeup shows several of the burrows that comprise f347 close to a segment of wall, f348.
171		N	gk110,13 gf109,346,347,349	This photograph, taken in good light shows the excavation of k110 at the end of the first complete day of excavations.   One can clearly differentiate between the fill of f346, the mud brick wall, f348, and f347, which we had first described as a pit riddled with ash pockets.  From investigation of the section, f347 now appears to be the site of a large colony of animal burrows, which intruded and disturbed f346 and 348.
171a	m	E	gk110 gf346,347,348	This sub-view shows a vertical section of f347, above which is the old east baulk of k13.  (In hindsight, it should have been cleaned prior to the start of this excavation in MZ23.)  Traces of the animal dens and burrows can be clearly seen along the bottom of f347.
171b	t	E	gk110 gf347,348	This closeup shows details of the animal burrows and dens.
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172		W	gk110,13,23,12,22,31 ga5,6,10 gf109,152,241,346,347,348	This is a record photograph taken at the point in time where we were trying to decide whether to follow the original plan and excavate k110 to a depth of two meters, or to expand it to include all of k13.  It shows the relationship of the three features exposed in k110 (f346. f347, f348) to the major features exposed in the MZ20 season.  Those included three pits (a5, a6, a10), the baqaya glacis, f109, a mud glacis, f152, and what may be another glacis constructed near to the time the BA temple mound was abandoned, f241.
172a	w	W	gk13,23,12,22,31 ga5,6,10 gf109,152,241,346,347,348	This sub-view shows in more detail the state of the excavations at the close of the MZ20 season.  Visible are the various pits and glacis, all of which were north and higher in elevation than the EDIII revetment wall and its Mittani memory stones.
172b	t	OV	gk110 gf346,347,348	This sub-view, looking down on k110 shows how the fill, f346, covers the bricks of wall, f348, into which the animal burrows, f347 intrude.
172c	t	OW	gk110 gf109,346,348	This closeup sub-view shows the depositional sequence as seen looking west.  The baqaya glacis, f109, seen at the top of the photo, covers the reddish brown fill, 346, which in turn covers the red, inclusion-filled, bricks of f348.  As in previous photographs the trace of the damage caused by burrowing animals can be seen along the bottom.
172d	t	E	gk110 gf109,346,347,348	This closeup sub-view shows the depositional sequence as seen looking west.  The baqaya glacis, f109, seen sloping down from left to right in the middle of the photo, covers the reddish brown fill, 346, which in turn on the left side of the photo covers the horizontal, red, inclusion-filled, bricks of f348. In the center of the photo one sees the network of vertical and horizontal burrows, f347, that intrude both f346 and 348.
172e	t	E	gk110 gf109,346,347,348	This sub-view of the east section of k110 shows the intrusions of f347 extend throughout most of the eastern edge.  However, because the part of the section above f109 was not cleaned we cannot accurately date when the burrows were dug.
173		W	gk110,13,23,12 ga5,6,19 gf109,152,346,347,348	This photograph is the same as view v172, but taken in better light to accent the bricks of f348.
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174		E	gk12,13 ga19 gf348,351,368	This photograph documents the discovery that the bricks seen on the surface of f348 were the top of a wall.  Originally defined as a pit,a19, this area seems rather to be a region of soft fill associated with glacis f351 that leaned against wall, f348.  Shown is a corner formed by several courses of red mudbricks.  Lacking here is a good wide shot showing the context, including the relationship with fill, f346, which was between the two glacis, f109 and f368.  However, the crust surface, f368, discovered after the fact and which covered the bricks is shown.
174a	t	E	gk13 gf348	This closeup shows four courses of red mudbricks with white granular inclusions, separated by gray mortar.
175		NE	gk12 gf351,368 gi29	This photograph shows the find-spot of a mostly intact jar, i29.  It sits upright in a fill, f351, covered by a crusty surface, f368, which may have served as a glacis before f109 was built.  A wider shot would have better illustrated the context.
175a	t	NE	gk12 gf351,368 gi29	This photo is a closeup of the jar, i29.  It is covered by the crust, f358, which serves as a seal.
176		NE	gk12,13 gf348,351,368 gi30	This photograph shows the find-spot of a mostly intact platter, i30.  The platter sits in a crust-coated (f368) fill, f351, which abuts the west and south sides of brick wall, f348.  Note that this is an outstanding photograph to illustrate the context of a find.  It is sufficiently wide to orient the viewer to important features already excavated.
176a	t	N	gk12,13 gf348,351,368 gi30	This photo is a closeup of the the platter, i30.  The platter sits in fill, f351, and was sealed by the crust, f368.
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177		NE	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This photograph documents the discovery of a large jar, i31, found in fill, f356, under a mudbrick floor, f355, which abuts brick wall, f348.  The jar contained an infant burial, a20
177a	t	N	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This sub-view shows details of the bricks of floor, f355.  Note that the level of the surface upon which the jar, i31, rests has not been reached.
177b	t	NE	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This sub-view shows the fill, f356, surrounding the jar, i31
177c	t	NE	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This closeup shows that the floor, f355, completely covered the fill, f356, in which the jar sits.  It also shows that a substantial part of the jar remained covered at this point.
177d	t	W	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This closeup shows that the jar, f31 is not part of the wall, f348.
178		N	gk12,13 gf348,355,356 gi31 ga20	This photograph shows the context of the large jar, i31, after all of the surrounding cover and fill had been removed.  By this time it was clear that it probably contained a burial.  One can see that it is near to but does not touch the brick wall, f348.  The sub-views were taken from a variety of perspectives in order to assist in restoration after removal.  (To this point we had not seen a jar of this size from the Late Chalcolithic 3 Period.)
178a	t	N	gk13 gf348,355 gi31	This closeup shows the details of the jar fragments seen looking north.
178b	t	NE	gk13 gf348,355 gi31	This closeup shows the details of the jar fragments seen looking northeast.
178c	t	NW	gk13 gf348,355 gi31	This closeup shows the details of the jar fragments seen looking northwest.
178d	t	OV	gk13 gf348,355 gi31	This closeup shows the details of the jar fragments seen looking straight down.
179		N	gk12,13 gf348,356 gi31	This photograph shows the wider context of the jar.  At the top of the photo is the BA Temple at the highest point of a mound which slopes down to the south.  In the middle of the photo one sees the excavated north and east baulks of locus k13.  The jar, i31, can be seen in the lower middle of the photo next to the brick wall, f348.
179a	t	N	gk12,13 gf348,356 gi31	This tighter photograph shows the jar within the part of the mound excavated in MZ20 and MZ23
179b	t	N	gk12,13 gf348,356 gi31	This photo is almost identical to v179a except it is shot from a different angle to better show the brickwork of f348.
179c	t	N	gk12,13 gf348,356 gi31	This photo is identical to v179a except it shows the excavator who discovered the jar, Su'ar Muhammad.
179d	t	NE	gk12,13 gf348,355 gi31	This photo looks northeast from a distance to illustrate the context of g31 from a different perspective than the main view.
179e	t	E	gk12,13 gf348,355 gi31	This photo, the last taken on U918 after excavation had finished shows that the jar was placed upside down before being covered.
179f	t	S	gk12,13 gf348,355 gi31	This photo looks south from a distance to illustrate the context of g31 from a different perspective than the main view.
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180		OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This view documents the progress of the excavation of an infant burial, a20.  We were removing large jar, i31, when we encountered the skull of an infant, i32 within. One can see the skull in the lower right side of the photo.  The camera was placed on a tripod above the jar and successive sub-views document the exposure and removal of the human remains.  Two metal stakes were placed on either side of the jar to provide a geographic reference for a drawing.
180a	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180b	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180c	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180d	w	E	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view is taken at an oblique angle to show what was probably the intact part of the jar in which the infant's body was placed.
180e	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180f	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180g	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180h	w	E	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view is taken at an oblique angle to show the vertical position of the infant's body within the jar.
180i	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180j	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20.
180k	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20. This is the first time that the mouth of the jar below the body was visible.
180l	t	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20. This photo documents the damaged condition of the skull.
180m	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20. The body has now been removed.
180n	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20. The sherds around the mouth of the jar are being removed.
180o	m	OV	gk12 ga20 gi31,32	This sub-view documents a step in the excavation of a20. All of the jar has been removed and one can see the impression of the mouth in the soil.
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181		N	gk12 gf348,363 gi35	This view documents the findspot of a group of tokens, i35 and i36.  They were found on a mudbrick platform just south of mudbridk wall, f348.
181a	t	N	gk12 gf363 gi35	This sub-view documents that the tokens were found on a horizontal brick surface, f363.
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182		OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This series of photographs documents the excavation of the remains of a human adult found in a rectangular pit grave.  This photograph shows the entire body with surveyed stakes on either side which serve as geographical references for drawings to be made from this image.
182a	t	OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This sub-view is a closeup of the chest area which was well-preserved
182b	t	OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This sub-view is a closeup of the hip area which was well-preserved
182c	w	N	gk12 ga22 gi34	This wide sub-view shows the context of the burial.
182d		OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This photo is a virtual duplicate of the main view with the addition of a finer scale for drawing reference.
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183		E	gk12,13 ga21 gf356,357,359,360,361	This photograph is of a small, nondescript pit along the western junction of loci k12 and k13.  It consists of fill, f359 and cut, f360.  Human bones were found nearby.
183a	m	S	gk12,13 ga21 gf360,361	This sub-view shows the pit after the fill was removed.  On the right one can see the top bricks of an undefined structure, f361.
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184		N	gk13, gf348,355,356	This photograph documents the continuation of the bricks of floor, f355, north along the west face of brick wall, f348 to the north baulk of k13.  To the west of the floor is fill, f356, whose western limit has not yet been excavated.
184a		OVS	gk13, gf348,355,356	This sub-view from overhead documents the bricks of f355 along the west face of wall, f348.
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185		OVSE	gk12 ga22 gi34	This photograph documents the initial stages of the excavation of the human remains, i34, associated with burial, a22.  It was taken soon after the grave was discovered.  The top layer, which included the top of the skull and some of the long bones of the arms and legs, was poorly preserved.
185a	t	OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This sub-view is the first photo taken by the overhead camera which was set up to document the progress of the excavation and to provide a geographic referenced view for drawing.
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187		OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This series of photographs documents several unusual features of burial a22.  First, the only grave good was the jawbone of a grazing animal.  Second, one of the skull fragments was imbedded in the soil inside of the cranium.
187a	m	OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This sub-view uses a pointer to show the location of the animal bone alongside the ribs on the right side of the body.
187b	t	OV	gk12 ga22 gi34	This extremely tight sub-view shows a skull fragment imbedded in the soil which filled the cranium as the body deteriorated.
187c	t	S	gk12 ga22 gi34	This sub-view, taken looking south shows the skull fragment in relation to the top of the cranium.  It is imbedded and turned 180 degrees from its original position at the skull top.
188		NE	gk13 gf348,358	This view documents that the west face of mudbrick wall, f348, had been covered with mud plaster, near floor, f358.
188a	t	E	gk13 gf348,358	This sub-view is a closeup of the plaster coating.  As it was made of the same material as the bricks, it is difficult to discern.
189		N	gk13 gi34	This view documents the last part of the skull of the human remains, i34, to be excavated.
189a	t	N	gk13 gi34	This photo is a closeup of the last part of the skull of the human remains, i34, to be excavated.
190		E	gk13 gf348	This view documents that the bricks of wall, f348, were not horizontally aligned.  We don't know whether they were originally laid like that or were part of a wall and foundation system that settled.  Note that the photo would have been more effective had the camera been held on the same plane as the line level.
190a	t	E	gk13 gf348	This closeup documents that the string was level when the photo was taken.
191		N	gk13 gf348,346,352,356,358	This series of photographs documents the intersection of brick wall, f348 with the north and west baulks of k13, both of which we expect to remove during excavations in a future season as we explore the Late Chalcolithic settlement atop the BA temple mound.  This photo shows the intersection of wall f348 and the north baulk.
191a		W	gk13 gf346,352,356	This sub-view is a photograph of the west baulk of k13.  It shows that the fill, f356, contained many mudbricks, perhaps residue from the modification of wall f348.  Note that f346, which covers f352 (and f348) is relatively clean.
191b	m	E	gk13 gf348	This sub-view shows the part of wall, f348, that is in locus k13, after the wall was excavated and cleaned.
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192		N	gk13 gf109,346,348,352,353,355,356,357,358	This is a photograph of the section of the north baulk of k13 after excavations in MZ13 were completed.  This photograph includes the reference string for the drawing.
192a	m	N	gk13 gf109,346,352,353,355,356,357,358	This sub-view shows the north section without the reference string.  Unfortunately, the photographer did not stand in the same place and some of the eastern part was cut off.
193		E	gk13 gf109,346,347,348	This is a photograph of the section of the east baulk of k13 after excavations in MZ13 were completed.  This photograph includes the reference string for the drawing.  Unfortunately the camera was not leveled horizontally and because of wall, f348, was too far away to show all the details of the animal burrows, f347.
193a	m	E	gk13 gf109,346,347,348	This sub-view shows the east section without the reference string.
194		W	gk13,23	This is a record photograph of the west baulk of k13 and the entire surface of k23 at the end of the MZ23 excavation season.  K23 had last been excavated in MZ20 while k13 had been excavated in both MZ20 and MZ23.  One can see architectural elements below the surface of k23.
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195		N	gk13,12,11	This is a series of record photographs which document the state of the unit at the completion of excavations in MZ23.  Note that the bricks of the wall, f348, and the platform, f351, have been sprayed with water to emphasize their red color.  Differential wetting and drying makes some of the color enhancement splotchy.
195a	w	N	gk13,12,11 gf10,11,348	This photograph shows the Late Chalcolithic wall, f348, in relation to the reconstructed BA temple, the Early Dynastic revetment wall, f11, and the Mittani apron, f10.
195b	t	N	gk13,12,11 gf 348,363	This sub-view shows the details of the southwest corner of Late Chalcolithic wall, f348, and the platform, f363 upon which it was apparently built.  Its setting is the volume below the baqaya glacis, f50 and f109, excavated this season (MZ21) to expose the wall system.
195c	t	N	gk13,12,11 gf 348,361,363	This closeup focuses attention on the brick wall, f348 and its platform, f363.  Also visible in the center right are the top bricks of an undefined brick structure, f361.
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196		N	gk13 gf348	This photograph documents the damage to wall, f348, caused by a fox who began to dig a burrow one night after the close of the MZ23 excavation season.  The hole was subsequently filled.
197		NNE	gk11,12,13,21,22,23 gf10,11,152,241,348	This view documents the relationship of Late Chalcolithic wall, f348, to previously excavated major features in seasons MZ18, MZ19 and MZ20.  These include the Mittani second apron, f10; the Early Dynastic III revetment wall, f11, and its Mittani memory stones; what we thought was the Mittani wahal glacis, f152, and the possible very late Mittani mud glacis, f241.
197a	w	NE	gk11,12,13,21,22,23 gf10,11,152,241,348	This sub-view shows the relationship between the excavations in J3 and those of previous seasons in J2 immediately to the east.
197b	w	ENE	gk11,12,13,21,22,23 gf10,11,152,241,348	This sub-view shows the relationship between the excavations in J3 and those of previous seasons in J2, J4, and J6, all to the east..
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198		N	gk11,12,13 gf109,346,348,352,353,355,356,357,358,361,363	This view is a final photograph that documents the excavation of what appears to be the southwest corner of wall, f348.  The wall is shown relative to the north baulk of k13, and shows the various accumulations, galcis, floors, and brick structures associated with the wall.
198a	t	N	gk12,13 gf348	This sub-view shows the southwest corner of f348, which we have tentatively identified as a mudbrick wall.  If this is indeed a wall corner, it may function as a buttress.
198b	t	NE	gk12,13 gf348,361	This sub-view documents that the both the brick wall, f348, and the brick platform, f363 extend east into the east baulks of k12 and k13.
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199		E	gk13 gf348	This view documents that, at sometime after wall, f348, was built, the top was removed and contoured to provide a sloping surface for the BA temple glacis.
199a	t	E	gk13 gf348	This sub-view shows the detail of how the wall bricks were increasingly cut down to the south as the new surface of glacis, f358, was being formed.
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186		W	gk12,13,22,23 gf90,152,361	This photograph shows the eastern edge of loci k22 and k23 at the close of excavations in MZ23.  One can see brick structure, f361, covered by several distinct layers (one, the gray, has been identified as f90), which in turn are covered by what we had, in MZ19, called the wahal glacis, f152.  Later analysis of the ceramics has shown that only sherds from the Late Chalcolithic 3 period are present in f152.