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Section at 0.67 m east of W. wall. Facing east. Scale 1:20
Drawing: section drawing of layers under floor slab; labels: floor, floor, stone floor slab, floor, undug fill, 1. Late Hel or early Roman red wares, undug fill, 2640, Cl, 2, stone, 3, 4, 2656, 5
1.Red wares, one very slightly ribbed sherd, two pipes F 1699-1703
2.Cl nothing later noted
3.mottled wares, early Hel
4.Cl. nothing later noted
5.1 sherd only, neck of pot
1 Sieve red wares Late Hel probably
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west stylobate; consistently loose reddish brown soil throughout with few stones only, rough ones averaging egg to fist size fair number of these include chips; 15 3\tile\ frags. am storing these in bag with F no 1702. 2 lime concrete frags placed in bag with tiles, stamped pot handle F 1699; lamp frags F 1700; frag. head of figurine F 1701. No other tiles. One sherd frag. with very slight ribbing which may show that ribbing may have started as early as 1st century A.D. on very small scale. About 1/7 bucket sherds from sieve. Also coin found in situ, F 1703. No other tiles. The w. stylobate wall was constructed over this pavement that covers fill out. rests on a foundation also in rough masonry but is far more careless construction under floor. This foundation is earlier than the pavement which in turn is earlier than the floor that lay behind the coping stones of the stylobate.
24 Mar.51 Removed same place 2643-2 no change from 2643-1. 5 tile frags, and 1 pipe frag placed in sherd bag. 2 handfuls of sherds. Stratum consistent throughout. No change near
[margin left: F 1699-73 1703. pipe frags in sherd bag very faint ribbing, however. F 1703 coin]
[margin left, beside lower block: 2643-2 2643-1 1 pipe]
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain