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… full extent, through owing to unfortunate circumstances can- [page number: 113] not be determined exactly. To the south perhaps a very small part has passed beyond the excavators, but the floor's original edge can hardly, even with the greatest care, have been found in this direction, since the floor here has probably been destroyed. To the north the layers have been disturbed at a delicate point during the Gunther excavation. To the west, on the other hand, the earth floor clearly ends all round the hearth in squares A1 - B1, which in turn abuts against a rock edge. Here the sections towards A and B give clear evidence. To the east the earth floor has been cut off when house 1 in Petra III was built. In square Γ3 a small piece of wall can, however, be interpreted as the boundary of the earth floor. The extent is thus with certainty what is pricked on the plan within the frame of squares A1 - A3 — B1 - Γ3. The hearth in the western part, squares A1 - B1, is of particular interest. Its extent in plan is shown in the drawing. The section … continues
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