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Summing up the main result of the 9 profiles now described, it can be established that room 7 had a fairly uneven earth floor roughly level with the visible seating of the cistern opening on the rock. The floor slopes somewhat down towards slightly towards the northeast. Through the floor in the northern corner two angled walls have been dug down, which together with the room's actual boundary walls form a small room with a separate floor level somewhat higher than the courtyard outside. Under the floor of this room 7a runs a laid water channel in the direction of the room's length through the wall and into room 9. The room has been destroyed by fire, which in the form of a burnt layer is found on the floor. The construction of room 7a is either contemporary with or later than the planning of the courtyard. The courtyard was, at the ruining of the palace, covered over with light- … continues
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