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… stones of various sizes, which which were all dislodged from their original position, fallen from higher parts, etc. To read anything from these, that could make sense of the context at this part of the excavation, proved impossible. The surface clearing was therefore broken off at a suitable point, whereupon the whole area was thoroughly swept, and a new approach was begun. The site at this time had the following appearance: On the western wing, cut into the solid rock, was a c 2,50 m wide trench, which seemed filled with building-debris fill (evidently grave-robbers had carried out their nefarious work here in later times). On clearing it turned out that the rock-edges had been faced with walls, now partly torn away, with gypsum mortar. The earth between these had clearly a different character. The fill that was found in the place of the walls was cleared right down to the solid rock or to the bonded ashlar- … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain