It's been another exciting week of finds. In our section, Anne and I uncovered genuine North African pottery, more specifically a bright red clay plate with beautiful sun stamps along the edge. We also found a small amphora, nails, a very oxidized blade (and in poor condition), fish weights and wild boar jaw bones. The other trench found a collection of broken pottery- handles, amphorae- of good quality. They also found more Roman coins, blades, fish weights and other various pieces of metal.
There's been some sort of stomach flu going around in our group, as we've had several people out sick. While Anne was sick, John moved me to another section in our trench where I worked with Rosemary on the dolium. She dug and leveled the earth surrounding the massive pottery, while I worked on the fine details; edging around the dolium, brushing, cleaning. It's so amazing to be in the presence of something so old and big. Rosemary and I joked that it's actually a dinosaur egg rather than a dolium.
We've been finding a lot of stray kittens lately who either seem to not have a mother, or have wandered away from her. We've been taking care of them; feeding them, giving them plenty of water and love. Today, I brought the smallest and youngest one we've found back from the excavation site with me, and luckily found it a loving home with three children who looked so excited to have it. It felt good knowing there would be one less stray animal in Murighiol, since there are hundreds. Hopefully, we can do the same for the other kittens.
Mum, Dad, you should be glad I found this kitty a home because otherwise I would have been bringing it back to the states with me!
Today is Mihail's sixty-second birthday and we are celebrating it tonight Romanian style; a lot of meat and booze. But most of us have to get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow to catch a bus to Bucharest and then a train to Transylvania, where we will be staying for the weekend. So it's going to be an early night for me.
Cheers!
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