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… hewn stones which on closer clearing turned out to be the steps of a staircase leading up to the stage (Stairs II) in the same direction as Stairs I.
2/12The scena terrace wall is, at this very point, exceptionally well laid of huge ashlar blocks. Against this wall, which in turn lines the vertically cut rock, rests the stairway. The step-stones are evidently broken off at the outermost part (toward the north). Evidently they originally ran right out on in a line flush with the above-mentioned stucco-faced stones, which thus indicate the width of the stairway. The circumstances seem to indicate that the stairway is a later addition to the theatre. Thus the same fine dressing is found also inside the stair-steps, on the ashlar blocks, as on outside the stairway. The whole stairway arrangement … continues
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