Today I was instructed to square up the soil by digging alone the four walls of our area.
While on this task, I dug up some kind of large rim. Working longer in the area it appeared it made a complete circle. When the entire circumference was uncovered we excavated out the cylinder. By pure accident I found a cooking basin used by the Romans. We know it was Roman because we were digging beneath the floor level of the Byzantine structure. I would also imagine that if we were to excavate the entire room farther down we would find some kind of paving stones from the Romans. We will not have time this year to do any farther excavating of the Room. After we clean the basin for pictures, we will have to fill it back up until next year.
In the basin I found some unique artifacts used for dating the basin. Many of these were found by using the sifter. Many pottery shards were collected. I also found two old nails and a Brass or copper button. The button looked similar to a coin but had a loop on the back for sowing it to your close. These findings will hopefully be used for farther dating of the basin.
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