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25 May 1948con't Few tiles and scarcely any stones coming from stratum 2, only brown earth and very small stones. See also coins F306 and 307. [handwritten: Mr.Hill] continues to remove fallen wall opposite large threshold in alley. Trench 9, theta-i, 00 north-south. Coin F306 found here in stratum 1A.
26 May 1948 Finished removing trench 9, theta-i, 0-0-2 north stratum 1A, and began 2.
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26 and 27 May Street 1, E-H, west 4-6, second stratum no debris and only small stones but not many, loose brown soil. Finished digging I-Lambda, west 0-4, stratum 3. Also L-Lambda-M, west 0-4, no sherds but two coins found [handwritten: (see also) Problems] F308 and F325. I-M west 0-4 no tiles either in stratum 3. See section pages 975 and 845. Finished digging theta-I, west 4-12, stratum 2. Lambda-M, west 8-12, stratum 2. Dug trench 9, K-lambda, west 4-12, stratum 2. Also trench 9, a-gamma, south 10-11, stratum 2. See section page 1019. Also trench 9, gamma-d south about 8-10m. Stratum 2 to floor level just west of cistern three. Also d-e, south 6-8, stratum 2 to floor level over cistern and just to north of it. See film 111, number 18 and 19 for this area after clearing to ground level. Over a bushel of sherds coming from street 1, A-I. West 4-8 stratum 2.
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28 May 1948 Trench 9, e-zeta, south about 4-6m, stratum 2 consisting mainly of dark earth with few and only very small stones. also stratum 3 consisting of very many small stones (fill) and many large worked stones (fall-debris). It looks much as if in order to get rid of the debris the area was all filled in - probably soon after an earthquake. There are places where there are few new stones in stratum 3 but these places are probably all part of some fill - very loose - tends to cave in as one stands on edge of trench. Draftsman drawing sections this area trench 9, a-theta, south 9 and e, south 0-12. J.L. supervising. Where there are only few stones in 3, earth tends to be rather red whereas elsewhere it is dark grey-brown. From d-theta strata 1 and 2 are the same. Finished digging street 1, E-H, west 4-8, stratum 2. Only few stones and very small ones. Reddish brown earth, reached bedrock in many places. Trench 9, M-N, west 8-12, stratum 2, very few stones. Only small ones but many sherds. A great many sherds at the bottom of
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this stratum and one Roman lamp, Broneer type XXII, belonging probably to the early 1st century A.D. F346. The top of stratum 3 upon which lamp was found with a lot of pottery appears to have been at a ground level at one time. Found also here on stratum 3, a seal stone F347. Finished digging street 1, pi-sigma, west 10-12, stratum 4 (see section page 971). Found also F348 at same level as F346 and 347 q.v. Dug trench 9, theta-i, south 0-4, stratum 2.
29 May 1948 Removing street 1, H-theta, west 8-10, stratum 1. See film 111, number 29. Trench 9 d to terrace wall where stratification changes completely it being all debris and fill beyond d-100-e, south 6-10, stratum 3 below floor. See sections pages 1023, sherds coming out but very few tiles, no glass. Tiles very fragmentary and nondescript. Beyond d-100-e is the debris of large stones and work blocks from fallen terrace wall. Lower part of this wall is still
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standing. See film 111, numbers 18, 19, 26, 27, and 28, for this area. Street
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain