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Square A, dug down to 1 m below the rock edge there. Squares B and C, are dug a further 1 m deep, where the rock floor is found. — East of the stairs at the eastern corner of the scene a small trial dig is made in "Room I eastern corner of the scene" = (the area that extends c. 3 m east of the wall which limits Room on this side, south of the stairs —. In the course of this digging, in a reddened layer mixed with gypsum lumps and lying immediately under the black surface layer, a quantity of painted stucco fragments was found, which only very slowly and with great care. The purpose of this digging (to obtain an easier drainage for the earth at [? stupts]. wall I) appeared thereby frustrated, so this digging was abandoned. The workmen were then moved on 25/11 to Room II situated east of … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain