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Nov. 276 Cistern I " frags of mosaic. from cistern slightly smaller tessera (c. 0125) and with black linear pattern. The river stones noted p. 5 are bedding for mosaic and when patch with cement adhering turned over discover this merely bit of mosaic fl. thrown into cistern. From below this false fl. sherds similar to those above, fill similar yellowish, but broken stones missing. Sherds comparatively few but 8 more lamp frags to pa. 28. The fabric of all these lamps very thin (see p. 20)
(photo)scale 1 sq = 25 cmPlan of Cistern I cement lining c. 3cm thick when dug to depth c 0.85 m. shows supports at 3 corners for cover or grill and narrower area at bottom than top. (drawing) (drawing)
X and Y = cement troughs 12 & 10 cm wide in wh. cover or grill for cistern could be set; it would also rest on supports Z + Z'. At W is outlet to cistern (d = 10 cm)
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Margin right: Nov. 27.
The line of Wall B continues under the mosaic. From the earth in subfoundation next to N edge of mosaic. find coin
Drawing: circle containing C / 3124] The N edge of mosaic seems
good, probably defining edge of N jamb of door between Central room and E room it is 2.50 from inside wall A.
The mosaic, of which a patch (photo c. .45 x .90 m remains, seems never to have covered the Centre room - only the E room where frags were found, nowhere in situ, over most of the area as well as in Cistern I. In Centre Room hard packed earth practically on level with mosaic, no room for stone and cement bedding, [three dots in a triangle: ∴] no mosaic.
Margin right: Cistern I.
The fl. of cistern slopes down from E to W. The lead pipe (l.p. see last p 4) may have been overflow, but in that case no inlet for water found. - Cement lining c. 3 cm thick.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain