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July 20? "E" wall of Corridor B must have either been built on end of steps to cistern, or they are later than the mosaic. If the room went no further, where was door to Area 50? for the W jamb cutting is too far back. If the wall was built wi W. face on the rock cutting there might have been another inscription to fill the space? - Reach area 50 from big room only? & make 50 a light court? Bench at E. side of Area 50.
Can the cuttings for the doors in N. wall of S. room be associated with a pre-mosaic period? This is quite possible.
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July 25Color notes, Mosaics of Villa. [Takes orientation] S. Portico. HMATA insc. d. red (with some tile) on wh.; borders d.r. Squares and crosslets, at [illegible], ?N counterchanged red & wh. Four d. blue triangles. Double line of tesserae, black & dark blue below 2d line under inscr. To E, crosslets are red on wh., or wh. on dark blue. This continues for 17 wh. squares to E. Then stops. EYEARA insc same as above. Maeander for entire room: d. blue & wh. Border Panels within Maeander: Starting at S.W. cor. 1. Interlace: (Inside to out). a) d. blue, l. blu, l. br. wh., l. gray, dark blue. b) d. blue, d.R., l. R., wh. l. gray, d. blue Field d. blue. Border Wh., l. grey., med. brown 2. Hollow perspec. cube. dR., l. R., black. field & hollow of cube, black. Border wh × 2, l. grey, med. br. 3. Shaded bars: a) wh., l. R., d. R., black b) wh., l. gr., black. Border: wh 2, l. br., d. red. 4. Intersect half circles. wh., d. red., one line bl. with 1 bl. tessera at cent. of each circle, Border as in 3. 5 Stars & squares. Central lozenge: pink, d. R., wh, bl. Squares: diags. Border bl., diag stripes are bl., d.r. pink, wh., l. grey, wh. bl, brown (2) in centre wh., bl., l. grey, wh., bl., d. R. wh., half lozenges = wh on d R. Small 4 d. blue within points of stars which are wh. Border: blue, wh, l. grey, brown NB all borders have two rows d. blue, aligning with maeander. 6. Interlacing circles. Field: d. R., curved triangles (outside out) med. br., d. blu., wh. Curved squares: d. R & wh., one brown tessera in center of cross. Border. bl., 2 wh., l br.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain