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… water diverted to new channel. (see plan p. 2).
Wall B is c. .40 m. wide, and preserved for l. of 1.90 m. This is much more carelessly built than Wall A, the subfoundations contain 2 half drums of unfluted columns (d. c. .40 m) and no effort made to make good level bed. - Does not descend to same depth as Wall A, probably contemporary with laying of mosaic floor E. Room.
S side of E. room lies under 10-30 cm of black surface soil, which in turn lies on hard yellowish earth, on which mosaic fl. was laid.
From this earth few sherds, some coarse ware, ribbed similar to that found in cistern I. (see p. 5). Also frags of Roman A ware + (I believe) Roman C the minute base ring not found
1 frag. base ring (drawing) others " " (drawing) 1 frag stamped with cross possibly from wider foot no join found later. (see p. 21)
Drawing: stamped cross motif; label: FS.
Frags of mosaic mostly without pattern, white c. .015 m. sq. tesserae.
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From Cistern I. Numerous animal bones (sheep or goat) Large quantity of slag Pottery largely thin coarse ware i. e. thin fabric coarse gritfired clay - mostly closed shapes ridged for decoration ridges vary from c. 1 cm wide to fine, combed lines. Bases have high ring base or round bottomed. Most handles in section (drawing) With this are 1/2 doz. sherds of Roman A ware - none stamped. 7 small frags of bz., one may be coin - but doubt it. slag?
Also couple of frags of thin glass very rotted - not savebl.
The earth is yellowish sandy many pieces of broken rock and at c. .65 m below top on W. side heavy deposit of river stones looks as though there had been laid as base for cement fl. Small pieces in tact + other stones inside of largish pot - only possibly by destruction of floor.
this pot (see p. 20) see p. 20.
L 15731 lamp, type XXVII di c. .065 m, rosette centre 1 " frag. type XXVIII, slightly larger, rosette centre
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain