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… If the courtyard surface itself was to be planned, at the level of the cistern. Therefore it was cut quite simply the embankment along a generally horizontal plane at this level. No real courtyard covering of cement or the like was needed. Later with the rainwater other especially gravel layers came from above, which stopped against wall (6-8)-7 and settled on the courtyard surface. In the section it appears that all the fairly sharply marked sloping levels in the original earth embankment are cut off along a generally horizontal line (the courtyard surface). Above this no real stratification can be observed Starting from below, the different layers in the earth embankment have been as follows (for measurements see drawing)
| 1 | Brown gravel w. red clay lumps |
| 2 | Black ash earth |
| 3 | Brown gravel |
| 4 | Red, hard clay |
| 5 | Brown gravel |
| 6 | Black ash earth |
| 7 | Brown gravel. |
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