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7. Paving of round pebbles serving as foundation for this floor. 1.05 to 1.10. 8. Very hard white floor (Floor III), corresponding to the lower floor of the South half. 1.10 to 1.20. 9. Compact brown earth, with Middle Bronze final pottery (Pt. 19). 1.20 to 1.50. 10. Sterile red clay, virgin soil. 1.50.
In the layer of compact brown earth (layer 9), appeared at about 1.30 depth four holes filled with pebbles and soft earth, probably postholes; three of them have 30 cm. depth diam. The fourth, larger one, contains pebbles and Middle Bronze sherds over 30 cm. diameter, with around it a ring of white plaster, which brings the diameter to 50 cm.; the base of this hole was reached at 2.20, i.e. 70 cm. below the level of the virgin soil; the latter is composed first of red clay from decomposition then of limestone.
2/ The cella of the public building. Taking into account the thickness of the walls, the dimensions of this are approximately internal 9m. East-West by 14 m. North- South. One enters it by a raised threshold, in which two symmetrical notches mark the place of vanished architectural elements. The North-West corner is fairly well preserved, but the other three corners have disappeared; the lower course of the walls is still in place, except the South half of the back wall, which is now represented only by the foundation trench.
The median part of this hall is occupied by a row of broad slabs, oriented North-South, at 1.05 m. depth (Pt. 75). On the central slab is built a square base of 1.10 side, to the East of which is inserted a perforated stone, which may have served as a base for a post or a statue; the base or podium suggests a kind of altar.
In this eastern hall of the large building, the stratigraphy can be summarised in seven layers:
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