[Context: 773, Area: I004, Block: 33]

Context information

Level immediately below block 10. Possible floor level or older phase below floor level. Finds from block is divided into 1x1 m squares, according to matrix units. Soil samples are taken from each square. Begin removing J23. Pottery and tile fragments seem more worn than at previous level. Soil is coarse, lumpy and hard packed. Block contains an iron fragment, a lead sinker and some charcoal. There are also some pieces of heavily burnt stone (andesite?). J22 produce very few finds. In NE part, near feature 13 is a distinct concentration of ashes that might originate at a lower level. I23: pttery and tiles as in J23. Remove small concentration of stones that turns at to be resting on soil and hence are fallen from one of the surrounding walls. Excavation in block stops at level where soil compaction becomes more loose. At this level S wall of room is resting on soil, while fundaments of wall 46 continue down which indicate at least two different activity and building phases of the room.

Bags/MusID