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May 23rdContinued digging stratum 1 b Room 4 W. Bldg. Spent most of day measuring & drawing elevation of S. Bldg. May 24th. Finished digging W. Bldg. R 4 stratum 1 b and large blocks removed west of W. Bldg. - marked R 4. Began removing rest of 2nd & 3rd strata of R. 7. See cross section p. 545. 3rd stratum seems
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to consist mainly of mud fallen either from upper floor or from roof. In West Bldg. Rooms 3,4,5,6,7 have this fill over floor - whitish compact fairly clean fill with only very small stones - very few sherds or tiles (check up on this) and practically no debris. Rooms 1 & 2 lack this fill - probably 1 & 2 had no upper floor - hence mud from upper floor in other rooms and roof. Rooms 1 & 2 had apparently no mud so it is likely no mud was used in roof of bldg - only in upper floor where such existed.
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May 25& 26th. Continued digging in West Bldg. Finished Room 7, 3rd stratum of mud from upper floor. Fallen hunks of lime plaster probably from upper floor. It probably covered the mud which may have been supported as today by reed matting. Continued digging Room 4. Finished digging 2nd stratum of fallen mud from probable upper floor. In Room 5 a piece of flagging remains in northeast corner - this same fill of mud was found over it as well as over the bed for the stone floor.
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As in South Bldg the stone paving must have been yanked out before roof - or here upper floor - fell in. May 27th. Dug W. Bldg. R 4 near door leading to Room 3 - stratum 3 & 3 b. Sherds here under floor level much earlier than those found over floor - many painted. No sign of any even floor - most likely there was pavement here as in Room 6 and pavement was pulled out before upper floor and roof fell in. Tiles found mainly over this floor clay. In Room 7 tiles found mainly over
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floor clay and piece of lime plaster of upper floor. Found Inscription No. 26, see p. 681, directly under fallen north wall of south Bldg. in face of wall - flush with wall plaster. 311.5 cm. from north wall. See Film 42, Nos. 34, 35, 36 for place where found. May 30. Finished digging part of 4th stratum to rock of R. 4 W. Bldg - in front of door leading to Room 5. Dug S. Bldg. Corridor 2, I-K (p. 491) stratum 6 b. Continued digging southeast corner of R 5 S. Bldg. R 5 Gamma-Delta. Set up Stoa column
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column lambda. May 31st. Set up Stoa column M and upper drum Dug S. Bldg. R 2 centre. Cross section p. 489 strata 5, 6, and began 7. Continued diggins S. Bldg. fallen front wall. June 1. Mr. Hill set up Stoa Columns opposite Room 3 east of K. Dug Room 3 H-Theta. Strata 7, 8, 8 b. Cross section p. 489.
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June 18 a to south part of fill is just over rock whereas 8 b though level with 8 a goes deeper and the soil, not being so near the rock, is dull and has none of the red color of 8 a. June 2nd. See also p. 159. Began to reset up 4th column - west of R 3 S. Bldg. Intercolumniation for peristyle in Room 1 found to be 2.36 - dist. fr. s. face of north wall to centre of column found to be 2.48. A point 9.47 m. from south face of north wall brings one to a point about
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7 north of most likely place for column base. It was clear where column once stood from the looks of the stylobate. It is also clear where the
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain