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S.E. BLDG DIARY
Margin left: North\n niche\n room\n 2
cornice is squeezed in,\ntight between the jamb\nand the cornice. The\nsill was placed by us\nvery probably too far\nsouth. Presumably\nthis lay either directly\nbelow the niche, or\ndirectly below the cornice\nThe cornice (lintel), over\nthe niche, cannot have\ngone farther to north.\nThe n. side of the niche\ncannot, or it is at\nleast most unlikely that\nit did, for the follow-\ning reasons:\n1. The slab closing\nthe back of the niche\nwould be too narrow\n2. The back of the\ncornice (lintel block), is\ncut at the point where\nit met the partition\nwall between rooms 2\nand 3.\n3. We think that the\nniches were originally\nwindows. If this is\nso, then if we placed\nthe north side of the
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