Day 8, June 17:
Today I tried to go back to the dig site rather
unsuccessfully. I spent the
morning cleaning up some areas of the dig site, but getting around within the
site was really difficult. After
breakfast, I went and worked at the pottery compound. There are lots of pieces
of metal that are unidentifiable or not worth keeping so I spent the morning
measuring them and writing descriptions on the tags. I found out that you can tell the difference between nails
and pins. Nails used to be square,
so if you break a metal shaft and its square inside, it is likely to be a
nail. Pins have circular
cores. I measured them and wrote
it all down, and then discarded the metal.
After I left the dig site, my ankle looked more swollen… so I
finally agreed to go to the hospital.
Oh, Barzalai. Turns out it
is thankfully not broken, but it is sprained really badly. They told me that I can’t walk on it
for three days and have to keep it elevated and keep it iced. Not easy to do outdoors in Israel. Cest la vie. I just hope it gets better so that I can get back to digging. It’s all I want to do! 3 days…
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