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… stones, where such had been left in place. Close to the rock wall there was a vertical level of unhewn stones and gypsum mortar, in which in some places the removed stones could be traced. By this excavation method an earth platform was left standing between the two facing walls, whose peculiar stratification attracted attention, in particular a thick gypsum edge which possibly could suggest a floor. A closer investigation however showed that the whole earth platform must be regarded as a base, deliberately laid on the rock for a floor, whose level could not yet be established. The gypsum edges gave the whole additional horizontal stability. A small part of the earth platform had to be disturbed owing to the investigation and for practical reasons. A layer section at another place gave the following result:
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain