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727 DORIC PORTICO, central & south rooms Scale 1:50
Drawing: vertical section of wall with surface, fill layers, and foundation cut; labels: Surface] (drawing) [sketch: plan of rectangular room with cross-wall or threshold
strata 1. Many large bldg. stones - dark grey soil debris in general. 2. Loose brown soil - no chips - but very quiet - many small stones - few large ones - "γεμισμα"
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DIARY 728
been the original fill dating from the time that the trench was rock hewn in the rock? When they hewed out the trench in the rock, the broken up piece of rock (chavara) a calcareous sandstone - would have been thrown along side into their dump. For some reason part of this dump may have been thrown in again into the bottom of the trench where we now find it. Found coin (F21) which see.
8 Nov.(Saturday) no excavations on account of steady rains Rained almost all last night & nearly all day. Barometer 29.60 S.W. wind
10. Nov.(Monday) Digging to bed rock in all rooms of Doric portico. Digging wheel barrow track Trench 9, F-22-2 north 22-24 down to foundation of floor. Mr Hill continuing to excavate in room south of Doric portico - debris over floor, N.W. corner of room.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain