DQ41 after week one
DQ41 At The End Of Week One
by profschuler
on Sketchfab
Notice the window wall dividing the east and west halves of the square.
DP40 after week one
DP40 End Of Week One
by profschuler
on Sketchfab
Note the bench appearing against the south wall.
Week one . . .
Although challenged a bit by health issues, the team has completed it first week, nearing the floor in both squares. 3D models are under construction and small finds are being processed. Watch for the models at http://sketchfab.com/profschuler
Melissa has a “pot” problem
During her last day as a volunteer, Melissa Wolf discovered several storage jars in broken form. Her “pot” problem…can they be reassembled? We will let her know what the ceramics expert thinks is possible. But her discovery already shows that the space she was excavating was occupied during its final stages.
A cross appears
One of the less “fun” things on a dig is pottery washing . . . hundreds of shards encrusted with dirt and plaster that must be individually scrubbed. But, as Anna Dauffenbach discovered, sometimes that scrubbing reveals something . . . blessed. This is a shard of a bowl upon which the potter had stamped a cross. Perhaps from other shards we will be able to reconstruct (at least in part) the bowl containing this stamp. Of greater import is the link it creates between the Christian digger today and one of her ancestors in the faith, who shared with her a faith in the crucified one. As the liturgy declares, “Together with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven…”