Monday, July 05, 2010

Barqa Week Two

The second week of excavations in the Barqa region are in the bag. My area is working on a large Iron Age II house and last week we started uncovering large amounts of ceramic vessels, some intact, and a few metallurgical pieces along with walls, floors, and a large layer of ash from the destruction. Shavonda, my student at Xavier, found many of the ceramic vessels one day last week. Currently we're unwinding at Petra and trying to get the dig dust off us and our electronics. Gilgamesh and I just got back from a fairly lengthy walk to the monastery. He's sleeping now, but in the meantime, here are three pictures of the mighty Gilgamesh.

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Gilgamesh with some pottery that we excavated on an Iron II surface.

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Gilgamesh with a kafilla and something hairy in his nose.

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Gilgamesh at the Treasury building in Petra.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gil when Abu said you would grow-up over the course of your trip, I didn't think that meant growing a mustache but I like it. What do you think Mrs. Nelson will say? Love, mom