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439 But 9th step is only slightly 14.5 to 15 cm; tread between [illegible] of upper tread ? (Cf. L of stairs average groove seems a narrower groove. Possibly [illegible] changed in size only after the 19th step.
7 more steps likely to be [illegible] in course usually [illegible] 8th step most likely to same dimensions as lower steps
6 more steps to reach distance of 238.38 6 | 238.38 39.73, nearly 6 cm. narrower than lower one
6 more steps to cover height 7 101 6 | 101 = 16.83 over 2 cm higher than lower ones. Feasible. May have been only 14 steps in all. cont p. 148
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Diary 440
June 6 Dug myself w. small pick to discover whether there were any step below upper landing step in bldg. of Temple & proceed to excavate a propylaeum leading down lower to paved street outside beyond to Temple A stairway. Instead of steps found wall of large blocks for foundation of bldg. down a See photos Film 51, 1-4 also sketch p. 144 & cross section p. 145.
June 7dug to look for steps of street below propylaeum threshold. See sketches on following cross section p. 143.
Along with surface soil removed from propylaeum about 2 years ago, blocks have evidently been removed without my knowing it now, [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] cont p. 446
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain