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Locus 2072
Location: This is top soil locus located in the western side of a circular structure (perhaps granary)
bisected by a thick wall. Although there are many medieval glazed pottery, most pottery shards are early
Roman and Hellenistic and include, inverted Roman casseroles, early Roman globular cooking pots,
Hellenistic handle of a Rhodian wine amphora.
Locus 2073, Grid A/B 51/52, Stratum II, number of find baskets: 13
Location: This locus is a top soil and aims to connect area that has been excavated in 1994 and the new
excavated area to the south. Remains of wall were found in the locus but not yet a coherent ground plan
of a structure. Finds include medieval glazed pottery, Roman and Hellenistic pottery, sling or grinding
stones, Roman glass, two bronze pin, and iron nail and a Roman provincial bronze coin.
Basket 18688, diagnostics
Locus 2074, Grid H54, stratum 5, one find basket collected
This locus consists of removal of a hard packed dirt floor dating from Stratum V. Finds include Iron age II
cooking pots and a late Bronze Age bi‐chrome ware.
Locus 2075, Grid I 54/55, Stratum VI, Number of find baskets: 4
Location: This locus is located between the Stratum VI wall that supports the sacrificial high place of
Stratum V and the granary of Stratum VI. These two walls connect by a short wall built in good
construction. Since this space was excavated a few years ago Hellenistic and early Roman shards of
pottery fell to it and the result was mix pottery of Iron Age II and much later pottery. Among the special
finds there was a bronze pin.
Locus 2076 Grid CD 53/54, Stratum 2, number of find baskets: 5
Location: This locus number represents removal of a balk. Most finds are Hellenistic Early Roman pottery
shards.
Locus 2077, Grid C53, Stratum II, Number of find baskets: 1
Location: removal of a balk. Hellenistic and early Roman pottery shards make most of the finds. One
Seleucid coin was found in this locus.
Locus 2078, Grid 55, Stratum II, Number of baskets: 2