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BATH - Room 5 Section p 1265. Facing east section line 1.45 m west of west face of east wall, room 5
Drawing: architectural cross-section; labels: modern ground level, block, block, block, block, south wall, 1, 2a brown loose soil (debris), 2 b red, rough stones chunks painted plaster, F 579, 2 b, F 580, dark brown soil 3 F 581 carbonized matter, harder, 4, 5, E 601, F 604, level of top of E. threshold, Section p. 1263, Scale 1:50, 1, room 3: west bay, 2, door step, 2 socket
2 a reaches down to level mostly of blocking or overlying ca. shallow ribbed 2 b reddish soil - loose - the tris - ribbed wares (see p 1257-2) no red wares F716 3 darker brown soil - carbonized matter - mixed - debris - no ribbed - no red wares 4. About 1/3 ribbed - ash, large pots ribbed - not deeply so sharply so. some red wares 5. ribbed wares but few - mostly unribbed - some 1st cent A.D. or earlier
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DIARY 1256
the one used as a threshold in the late south doorway in situ. Have placed this block beside the other where it may have belonged. Removing fill under stone blocks - strat 5 (section p. 1225). This strat. is quite uniform in character and depth over entire room. It was very probably a deliberate fill to serve as a floor after the mosaic floor which presumably it once had, was removed. In central room, south portion, began removing strat. 5 on east side. Strat 5 appears to be a foundation for the floor with a great many small rough stones. See section p1221 and Film 121 - 11 & 12. Mr. Hill removing debris south of south bay of room 3. See Film 121 - 13 & 14. Began removing 2d strat. of room south of n.w. room and s. of west bay of n.w. room. See section p. 1255 (opposite). Removing large fallen blocks in strat 1 here. See Film 121 4-7 incl. Mr. Hill directing removal of stone blocks here. Some of these found to be rotten and are being destroyed to facilitate removal. Finished removing portion of stratum 5,
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain