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Sydgalleriet.… given by some earth. Immediately above the statues in this part of the room a hard clay layer, which evidently came from the partly decayed clay wall to the south, sharply delimited from the overlying sloping layers of more sandy character. - It is evident that the statues are to be sought closest to the floor and next to the walls. The huge masses of earth above delay an excavation considerably and it is therefore decided that the north and south walls shall be followed eastward by means of horizontal galleries driven straight in under the ruin mound. The statues which are continually found are taken out after hand. In the south gallery the conditions are relatively clear. The chocolate-brown statue layer ends towards the centre of the room. Immediately above this are found all the way the sloping sandlike collapse layers. Along the whole wall continue the lower marble slabs in a long row (see the plan). On these and immediately belowon the floor the following statue fragments are found=
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain