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inlets of the cistern to the east. In addition, one of the holes whereby the water was drawn from this cistern was intentionally closed. These two cisterns were used at least in part for the storage of rain water. The cistern to the north of the east extension of the building was fed by a drain which led probably from the roof of the building and which had at a l[handwritten: a]tter date been intentionally filled and through a large hole in the bedrock which appears to have been intentionally, at least in part,closed by placing a rock in it. The cistern to the east of the building was fed at least in part by two holes cut in the bedrock similar to that in the cistern to the north extension of the building.

That this water stored here had some connection with the baths is highly probable. Certainly the baths were also at least in part fed by the cistern to the north of the building, for this cistern drained into a pipe in its southwest corner situated approximately at the mid point of the baths proper below to the south. Along the south side of the building, a number of rooms have been excavated. It is hoped but not expected that further excavation will reveal something of their southern boundaries.

Work has begun on the theater and some of the first layer of soil has been removed. The interest here lies in the connection of the caves which extended around the cavea. There was a passage way in back of the theater. [handwritten: palace] [handwritten: theater]

From the rooms on the south side of the baths work naturally progressed to the theater, for the northeast entrance to the latter is connected with the southwest corner of the baths by a short heavy stone wall. There is a dromos around at least half of the theater and the southeastern section of this dromos has been