Well, we’ve officially ended excavation at Tell Edfu. There’s another three weeks to the season, but from now on I’ll be doing other, more boring things, like sorting and drawing pottery. I’m really quite proud of what I’ve done so far though- I excavated almost two meters of stratified material, all by myself (okay, so Ahmed helped a bit…). Here’s my area before excavation:
And here’s my area at the end:
That wall wasn’t even really visible when we started excavation, and we had no idea we’d find the collapse of the silo area wall where I was digging. The hole in the wall we’re still trying to figure out- I’d love to continue excavating it next season, but we’ve officially ended in the columned hall area. We’re moving on to the Old Kingdom area near the temple next season. Tasha couldn’t be happier- there’s still a mountain of pottery to sort, categorize, and draw!
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