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10/5Thursday Trial trench 5 did not give the result that was intended, namely a clarification of the continuation of the entrance, at least partly owing to a faulty planning of the excavation. A more cautious procedure is applied therefore. The c 2 m high rock edge, which mainly bounds the entrance trench upward, is continued northward by a low wall. This wall should of course give an indication of where the entrance continues up to the palace. The wall is therefore followed, whereby a start is made at the entrance. The wall is laid of cobblestones, and no plaster can be observed on the outer side. The rock is met at c 1 m. depth and the wall, which is laid on this, measures on average 0,60 m in height. From the wall extend on the lower side alternating collapse layers sloping obliquely downward. In the foregoing has been mentioned a quantity of bronze nails that were found along the wall in the entrance trench … continues
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