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9… plates in another important place. At roughly the same level, in each case in the same layer, lies a geometric jug, height 25 cm (9) The varved clay stratification beneath is established here too, but not all the way down to the floor. After c 30 cm downward it ends in another layer containing skeletal remains and late Cypriot pottery (see below). It is thus established 1) that the earth layers discussed here have not been disturbed by plunderers in recent times, further 2) that a possible undisturbed layer with geometric vessels can be distinguished at a level c 30 cm higher than another certainly not disturbed layer containing late Cypriot vessels. This applies to the tomb's more central parts, not the edges, where conditions may be different owing to the proximity of the walls and the earth's differing degree of firmness. —
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain