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[margin left: 16. Nov. 29] E. Room (see plan p. 2)
To S of Cistern and the drain pipe on level with its top is small mass of stones set in soft cement (SC on plan) and apparently covering pit in lower building level. Investigate and find line of stones as of one side (S side) of drain, to be called "drain a".
Clean to W. of line of pipe "B". exposed 1" day of digging. this continues to within 1.20 m E of Wall B where it rests on good open stone drain c. 0.16 wide x 0.16 deep (inside measurements) and is cut into stone column.
In NW cor of room dig deeper. At. c 0.70 m blow level of mosaic find stone fl. on which is a built open hearth. The pottery from around and above hearth is typical of what has so far been found in this room: i. e. ridged coarse ware + some sherds of Roman A. Also from this corner some slag and 1 coin - (drawing) C 3146
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E. Room
Nov. 29The hearth itself is carelessly constructed
Plan
Drawing: plan; labels: Wall "B", clay yellow, clay red burned, Hearth, drain B
photograph
Nov. 30photograph "drain B" Nov. 30
From cleaning hearth many frag of one pot, di. c. 16 cm, h = c. 0.10 cm preserved - Fair buf fabric round base. Wide ridges on central body, narrow on base and again at shoulder. also 1 sherd (Roman C?)
Drawing: vessel profile; labels: c. 10 cm
From near hearth in NW corner of room other frags of coarse ridged ware + frags of bones.
From "drain a" mostly small uncertain bits of coarse ware, some thin coarse ridged and one frag (5 pieces) of Roman "C" ware h = c. 4 cm d = c. 10 cm.
Drawing: vessel base profile; labels: 1 sq = 1 cm
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain