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Between theater and palace, the palace was built when the stair tower was still standing and thus any wall along the north side of room alpha was unnecessary. When the stair tower was torn down, the EW wall was built which cuts the hard embankment again of the drain. The fill in 6ac this wall may have been higher and contained in it the stones which are are on the side of the drain. This wall is contemporary with the third layer the hard layer with blue pebbles east of center dromos and between walls two and three three and four. It well It ended before reaching wall three. This (third) layer of hard blue pebbles is a walk extending around theater. The lion-fountain is to be associated with it. The soil behind it is is, to be associated with it, that is is contemporary or placed there shortly after wall. That the soil is the same on the other side is an indication that the wall was higher and when they added in the last reconstruction the rough wall with its
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