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Margin left: This soil in Room alpha very questionable?
[margin left: Room Alpha second layer even with drain v. vol XI, p 112 without a cut in.]
Room Alpha. C 2989 Theodosius I?
Second layer C 2998 Arcadius or Honorius.
Though the soil in the north part of room Alpha may prove to be different. It seems to be contemporary and necessary for drain. v. p. 59 where second layer is considered to have covered drain. Check but v. p. 45
Room A 9 C 2967 Arcadius or Honorius or Theodosius I
Room Alpha the second layer may in part cover drain but it is also imbedded in drain.
Room Beta Honorius or Arcadius
First layer (dark soil) C 3027
The floor of room Beta must stretch from north north wall to south wall, tho for the tiles which are found north of the wall south of the north north wall and those of south of the roof wall south of the north wall must be from same fill.
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V. P. 137 for most probable explanation.
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There is a possibility, that this floor in room Beta and the flagged floor in room gamma are both later additions. The flagging of the floor of room gamma is not well made and in the northernmost wall of room Beta is cut has been cut. There is a cutting along in first layer of south part of Room Alpha. v. p. 29, vol. X. However
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The flagged floor of room Gamma may be later addition added to bring the floor of room Gamma level with that of room debta for the north wall of room gamma rests on the floor of room Beta.
In Room Beta the bit of wall NS wall north of South north wall is cut by th south north wall. This wall may thus be part of the first building, The second building being the south north wall.
The south north wall of room Beta may be the wall for the floor which which was cut by north north wall. In any case it makes a rather narrow room unless thw t it is extended to north north wall, and if it is
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