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… are clearly visible and the walls rise s in steps from the base of the pit. The pit itself is evenly filled up to the rock edge with earth lying in two horizontal levels. The lower of these is c 0,90 m thick and consists of very dark greasy earth which which seems to be mixed with ash and occasional charcoal remains. Very abundant pottery which is collected separately. Among these a few black-slipped sherds can be seen. It is probable that the quarry came into being in connection with the palace building and that this dark greasy bottom layer was formed immediately after this before the courtyard rooms 7-24 definitively retained the s ground surface that can be traced in certain parts of room 7 and which evidently forms the uneven courtyard surface without cement. Above the dark bottom layer up to the rock edge, in the quarry, lies a light gravel layer which brown in colour and without charcoal charcoal and ash remains and with very sparse pottery. The boundary between the layers is strongly marked. The layer … continues
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