| Entry: | In the morning today, I resumed cleaning the buttresses (the southern side of f. 3338/3308 and the northern side of f. 3337/3307). In both cases, within only a few minutes of cleaning, the lower course of the buttress became apparent. This was a very welcome change from yesterday when it felt like I attacked the buttresses for most of the day without any clarity. It is a good feeling when such confusion opens into clarity. Afterwords there was some discussion as to what to do next. Whether we should remove the buttresses or the upper course of the wall, or if we should leave both for the moment and go farther down through the room fill. It was decided to investigate the southwest corner of the room further first, as this had been the most interesting corner of the entire room. Very soon it seemed that a surface was appearing--a plaster expanse that seemed to spread across the corner. Before lunch, it seems the more this was investigated, the more it seemed like a proper surface. After lunch, however, upon returning to the the trench, the more I dug, the less it looked like a proper surface. Oh well, such is the way room 107 goes--as soon as things start making sense, the room throws a curveball. Perhaps this is just more of the mud brick collapse/rubble that just lay in a surfaceish way. Tomorrow will bring more investigation and hopeful provide some answers. |
