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… plastered. As for the vault itself, it may be mentioned that only the middle load-bearing vault stones had been broken away, but that the barrel vault on both sides could clearly be observed. Owing to faulty strength calculations however, during the excavation the south-western part collapsed, while the opposite side was saved by support. The vault stones are by no means dressed but form only a facing wall built against the rock of barely head-sized stones with gypsum-mortar. Beneath the springing of the vault the gypsum lies against the rock itself.
Square B: Here the floor is about 0,60 m higher than in C, so B can be regarded as an ordinary niche. B has probably on its inner side been lined and vaulted over in the same way as A, but the whole had already collapsed inward before the excavation. Only a couple of insignificant gypsum pieces remained on … continues
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