As the models will demonstrate, both work areas continue to make progress, In DP44-45, the discovery of a cotton work glove after about a meter of digging shows how the surface of sites like Sussita are disturbed.
In DR40, the team is reaching the lower portion of the western window wall and, as in the previous year, a layer rich in pottery sherds.
At the end of the day, the DR40 team looked back on their starting point just three days ago.
Very good progress was made on our second day in part due to the cooler weather. In DR40, we are almost to the level of the lower potion of the window wall:
DR40 on 04 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab
In DP44 we are approaching floor level and so we opened a portion of DP45 to the north.
DP44 and DP45 on 04 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab
Most fascinating is that W583 does not continue to the north but end with a substantive pilaster after 1.2 m. We will search for a match to the north.
The Concordia Team has completed its first day of excavation at Hippos Sussita. For each day of the season, we are preparing 3D models and posting them here to document our progress. Today the team opened work in two areas:
The work in DP44 has begun to expose more of W583. Below is the model:
The work in DR40 seems to be revealing the west face of W1298. Here is its model:
Progress is noted, but we have much work to do before we can draw any conclusions.
I will be loading my gear and getting ready to fly off to Israel with fifteen volunteers for the 2016 season at Hippos of the Decapolis. It will be great to see old friends again (yes, we are all getting older), but even more to see what the ground will give us. I’ll post pictures and models here on a pretty regular basis beginning Sunday, 3 July.
The fragmentary fresco of Tyche, discovered in the Northeast Insula, is on view at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. We recommend a website for the Museums of Israel for a full description of the find.
