TT21, three sides of the trench are bounded by walls, excavation ceased on top of the rubble terrace fill that runs beneath the walls. No original surface was encountered

 

TEST TRENCH 21 

TT21 was an eastern extension of the portion of TT15 revealing the "Southern Building". It measured 6 x 3 m (Fig. 7)

Aims
1. To determine the extent of recent digging adjacent to TT15.
2. To test a number of questions posed by both the geophysical data from Area B, and by the excavations in TT15 in 1996.

RESULTS
1. Extensive digging was evident, both recent (indicated by pieces of newspaper mixed with mudbrick collapse) and, perhaps, ancient.
2. The nature of the architecture and the use of the structure remain largely undetermined, but it is possible to propose, tentatively, a function in the storage of vehicles and horse gear.
3. The walls are visible on the geophysical map.
4. The structure belonged to a single building phase, although there were alterations within the enclosed space.
5. Mud-brick and timber framed walls stood on substantial stone footings.

 Bronze horse bit fragment. Finds
A bronze horse bit fragment (Fig. 8), bronze strip fragments and a cylindrical bronze cap suggested an area in which vehicle and horse gear were stored.
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