Daily Log

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July 30, 1968

Agger 2

Section A Thirteen boxes of tiles were lifted.  Found: impasto spindle whorl, rim fragment of a painted pot, and upper right corner of horserace frieze small bit of carbon.

Section B The east edge of the trench was shaved down to expose more

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19680289

19680289

• Find #5
• Horserace Frieze Fragment
• photo

19680814

• Find #6
• Horserace Frieze Fragment
• photo

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clearly the mud wall (H., c. 0.50 m.; W., 1.15 m.) over the foundation wall ( see TG, Book 2, pp.69, 105 Tr. 1U ), which was exposed and cleaned for a distance of 0.70m. The wall itself consists of one course, 0.90 m. wide, with one or two tiles laid over the foundation.

Section C- Fill was removed to above the tile layer.  Found: two fragments of horserace frieze (#5,#6).

Section D- The north-south foundation wall was cleaned for 7.0m. Along its length, and the east-west

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crosswall (see TG II, p. 137 Tr. 5A) exposed for 0.60m along its length.  Both walls are 0.85m wide and lonly one course high with a few pieces of pottery and tile in the wall.  There appeared to be traces of a mud wall over the east-west wall, but its outline could not be distinguished clearly.  Thus a room is defined as follows (see sketch below ): 5.40m total width, from the inside of the north wall to the inside of the south wall.  The wall is divided into three parts: (1) 1.85m from the inside of the north wall to the opening; (2) 1.70m wide opening; and (3) 1.85m from the south end of the opening to the inside of the south wall.

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19680417

• Find #10
• Cup with handle
• photo

19680453

19680453

• Find #11
• Pendant with loop
• photo

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Sketch of trenches

Found: bronze ornament with a circular loop, some bronze bits and an impasto cup.

Ten boxes of tile were dumped for the entire complex of agger 2.