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… the other archaic pieces characteristic the stone and the find decide a previously planned excavation plan, namely the investigation of square Г2. Shortly
| Stone head | l | dj 0,60-0,70 | 29. |
The stone and the style are archaic. The high level is, however, remarkable. Everything seems to have been disturbed in ancient (Roman) times, and what has so far been found of archaic pieces is only the debris of something razed [? propos] in the vicinity. The thing is to find this, perhaps on a field east of the present excavation. Continued digging in this direction seems to give only negative results. Nothing but wretched sherds appear in the uninteresting earth, and fasting and pious talk to the workmen help not at all. Despair and despondency seize everyone's minds, and at night the Vounitems sing psalms while they pour the Holy One a threefold drink offering, and O P =
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain