I wish I had something to say, I really do. But I'm sure you all understand. Imagine writing a daily blog about YOUR job- it would get tough when you're really not doing anything! Once the benches are done (they are so close!) and we start putting things on them, I will have lots to say. But until then...
It's Valerie's birthday today, so there will be a cake! :)
Today Kat took all of the small objects to the magazine in El-Kab (about 45 mins away). It's a secure place where we store some of our smaller objects (like pieces of bone, tools, figurines, etc). After the director of the magazine looks at what we've found in a season, Kat packs everything up and takes it over to be stored. The director is allowed to choose pieces that then get registered with the SCA and go into their control (everything else just goes into a big room that we control). Usually, it's the really nice objects. Nadine has to go and write all of these registered objects in a big ledger. While I have never seen it, I'm told it's about the size of a desk, with hand-written notes from many, many excavators over the season. Unfortunately, our pottery is not special enough to go in the magazine, so it gets stored in the pylon with the wat-wat (bats). I don't mind the bats, it's the guano that can be nasty. On Sunday, we'll move all the boxes of pottery that we've taken out of the pylon back in to wait for us until next season.
It's Valerie's birthday today, so there will be a cake! :)
Today Kat took all of the small objects to the magazine in El-Kab (about 45 mins away). It's a secure place where we store some of our smaller objects (like pieces of bone, tools, figurines, etc). After the director of the magazine looks at what we've found in a season, Kat packs everything up and takes it over to be stored. The director is allowed to choose pieces that then get registered with the SCA and go into their control (everything else just goes into a big room that we control). Usually, it's the really nice objects. Nadine has to go and write all of these registered objects in a big ledger. While I have never seen it, I'm told it's about the size of a desk, with hand-written notes from many, many excavators over the season. Unfortunately, our pottery is not special enough to go in the magazine, so it gets stored in the pylon with the wat-wat (bats). I don't mind the bats, it's the guano that can be nasty. On Sunday, we'll move all the boxes of pottery that we've taken out of the pylon back in to wait for us until next season.
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| Lindsey (in blue), Aaron (in green), and on of our workers Ahmed wait for the bats to clear from one of the pylon rooms at the beginning of the season. There are little shafts in each of the pylon rooms that originally let in fresh air and some light. The bats escape that way mainly, but occasionally, one will fly into your face from the main door, which is why they are all crouching. I believe this photo was taken right before one smacked Aaron. |
