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8.5.3921:13a (from p. 149)
The 7.96 area level in area d (p. 164) was of firm gritty clay. Very similar earth was found at 7.75 in b^21:13c/. In a soft sandy brown earth was found at 7.82, greyer at 7.93, both cut by footing trenches for walls I + VII.
9.5.39Dig below 7.75 = 7.96, and find an extremely hard level of gritty red earth throughout 13c and 13a2 as far north as the S end of wall VII (see p. 142) at 8.03 (13c); 8.08^(13a) A mass of stones appears in the S-E, and there were some stones over 8.03 = 8.09. This earth stops in a line at 13a_1, where there is less gritty, less clayey earth, below 7.96. Due west of wall III in 13a_2 there is whitish earth and numerous stones. There is gritty red earth from near the top of the post to the 7.96 level on the north. Remove this Photo Bam. at 8.03 = 8.08 Dig below 7.96 in 13a_1, through loose red earth with much gravel, and find firm gritty earth at
10.5.39In the north the gravelly earth is replaced by red-brown earth without (to p. 181)
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