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Room 22… these a burnt layer had existed. From room 21 one comes through a 1,40 m broad door into room 22, which lies at the same level as 21. In this room stands the large carob tree, sending out its roots mainly in three directions to room 15, to room 24 down to a cistern in room 22. Thanks to the carob tree the earth has which has only a slight depth completely been disturbed and no layer sequence under the cultivated surface layer exists. The floor in room 22 is partly damaged by the roots and best consists of reddish burnt pottery-mass, more porous than the actual cement (cf. the floor in room 12). The wall towards room 15 is firmly built with white gypsum mortar of ashlar blocks. Other surrounding walls are laid of rubblestone without preserved mortar. Next to the wall towards room 24 a cistern is sunk into the floor which will later be more closely investigated. It appears to a considerable … continues
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