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2:28 E
(11.36 at x, 11.50 " y, p. 124)
clear to the (10.37 10.56) level, more or less flush with the red floor (a on p. 124) The red floor is a firm even level of packed brown earth, apparently originally covered with a thick layer of hard red clay earth, well preserved in the west. It is cut by the Baugrab (f) of the wall to 2:27. This runs to the broad line of brick, which goes below it. (b) is a gritty earth distinct from both (a) + (c). It seems to represent the continuation of the brick, possibly a wall. (d) is hard clayey earth with white grits, which we find in the line of the wall to 2:27, and which seems to be the bed for the wall. In e this gives way to a sandy layer with much ash, which may be floor accumulation.
Cut through (b), and find firm gritty earth not unlike (d) a few centimeters below. Some stones stand on it. Photo [illegible] Pam 171-20 of 2:28 with (b) cleared. A few traces of the red floor (a) are preserved in (d), at point y. It seems clear that the brick wall, the red floor, and (c) belong to a L.C. II house older than the stone + plaster complex. (to p. 133)
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