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… marble slabs were found, as well as coarse roof tiles. The sherds were without exception Roman or later, and the conditions at this place looked little more favourable than in trial trench 1. At c 0,50 m depth a layer began across the whole trench, containing large quantities of painted stucco fragments of immense beauty. The stucco fragments continue downward, though decreasing in quantity. 7,5 m from the beginning of the trench (from the north) a 0,50 m broad wall is found, running at right angles across the trench. This is solidly built of unhewn stones and tile. The bonding material is coarse asproti (kongrí). South of this wall no stucco fragments were found. The trench is now in its entirety 9,50 m long and 1,50 m wide. The excavation continues downward.
22/3At c 1 m depth from the ground surface a mosaic floor laid of rather coarse character is found. The floor is cleared The mosaic, which is partly destroyed, is laid of white stones with c 2 cm sides. In these white stones is inlaid a grid pattern of black stones. Also a … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain