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… it suddenly seems that the colour of the earth changes. At the same time we are down at the solid gypsum mass that was described earlier in "Room south of the eastern scene-corner." The area is cleared again and investigated thoroughly. Along a straight vertical line in the eastern trench wall the earth between the stones seems to shift in colour. Above (up towards the eisodos) the earth between the closely lying wall-built stones is brown, firm and mixed with lighter gypsum lumps. Below the line the earth is a slightly darker shade and less firm. This has led to a new method of work. Guided by the colour of the earth and at the risk of destroying something important, the vertical line is followed eastward. Below the line … continues
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