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thick layer of earth as a protective covering The boundary between the cavea and the fill-ning on the orchestra has become ever more uncertain in the course of the work. Hereby arises further danger that the uppermost steps will be damaged. In order to clearly establish this important area is cleared, starting from the trial section I, the two uppermost preserved steps all round the cavea, naturally with omission of parts on the wings where earth removal from above the cavea and the inner surrounding wall is still in progress. This work coincides partly with the remaining work on the orchestra.
11/11At the highest point of the cavea, nearest before the inner enclosing wall, in to the eastern eisodos, there is a spot which has not yet been fully cleared. While the rock has been exposed over the whole of the cavea elsewhere, a number of stones lie here apparently without order, mixed with loose … continues
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