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All the new trial pits give the same meagre result: little pottery and some terracotta fragments. The pits which are laid in the extension of cross-trench I and the diagonal trench reach c. 0.60 m. depth scattered charcoal remains. The whole begins to turn out negatively. To be on the safe side I take up some pits also north of wall 1. They are, however, completely sterile It seems as if the centre of gravity shifted more and more eastward, where the earth in the trial pits yields excellent sherds. Wall 1 turns off to the northeast and it is possible that walls 1 and 2 mark the entrance to the area, which is thus to be sought to the east.
25/5The trial pits become more and more numerous, but on the whole without result. Also the eastern ones, to which yesterday's hopes were pinned were. In the more central area between the diagonal trench and the Big section … continues
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