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… at the level seems across the red layer and down into the white gypsum layer, there appears a hole filled with black earth, 0,42 - 0,56 m broad (in the section edge, that is, in a south-easterly - northwesterly direction) and sunk c. 0,20 m below the floor level. As soon as this uptaking is made, the excavation is stopped and the whole trench is section-cut, and the floor over the black hole is examined. It is found then that a roughly square hole with the stated dimensions is sunk through the floor. The central part is 0,42 m deepest down, upward the hole widens with a rebate to 0,56 m. (see the section). Next to the hole the larger stele was previously found fallen over on the floor, and comparing the measurements of the hole and the lower part of the stele it appears that the stele most probably had its place just in the hole, with the face sides turned towards the great stairs and out towards the sea. The find of the stele will be described later. The other conditions … continues
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