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… find the corresponding part extending in the other direction (west). This part is excavated. The fragment has a length of 2,02 m and constitutes the upper part of the column. Regarding the earth layers it should be noted here that entirely lies in undisturbed earth, which is sandy and monotonously light brown, a layer c 0,70 m above the floor. Above this is a c 0,30 m thick dark layer with decayed plant remains, and above this a thin layer of worked ploughsoil. Along the upper part of the column shaft, however, the conditions change quickly. Again we are inside disturbed layers, part of the stonemasons' trench. The earth is very dark and irregularly mixed with larger and smaller stones and waste from stone-cutting work. The dark earth rises c 0,35 m above the floor, but the stone debris continues all the way down to the bottom. Just at the boundary between the dark and the light brown earth is found here, in the excavated area, 0,60 m from the column … continues
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