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E. of | room 1 | drain | from | room | 10DIARY BATH (Cont. from p. 1532) Removing 1533-2, immediately north of small plunge bath and east of room 1. in search of drain leading from room 10 (e. of doorway of room 10-doorway leading to room 1. Stratum 1 and 2 are separated by a very narrow fill of gypsum and small stones - a hard mass. Stratum 2 is quite clean, dull brown soil with scarcely any stones. This fill I find today (June 20th) extends under the re-enforcing wall of the east wall of room 1. This is an indication that when the reenforcing wall. was constructed the drain went out of use. The re-enforcing wall, as I have called it, does not appear to be strong enough to have supported anything. If it were constructed to keep the heat in the hypocausts, which seems unlikely, it should be contemporaneous with the drain which presumably belongs to the
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