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… these The poor architecture with rubble walls of KNI4 later dwellings is in strong contrasts with the original building ( 88). The building was every where excavated to the bed rock, but several samples of its superimposed floors have been spared for central excavations ( 86). Five floor levels have been observed the earliest (V) belonging to the original building. The pottery found in or under this floor being of late Cypriote II age (Cyprriote Recent II et III) without later admixture. the foundation of the building goes back to the period between 1850 and 1650 B. C. In the central part of the building was observed the existence of an earlier floor (VI) which dates to the same period as floor V and seems to belong to a slightly earlier and smaller construction replaced by the final building ( 96, 97 et 127). Towards the end of its existence, the original building corresponding to the floor V, was partially reused by people different from its former occupants. The pottery of this phase is of the transitional type of the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age, with some fine examples of close style vases. This reoccupation period was only of short duration from 1229 B.C. to 1175 B.C.; the terminus post quem may even be as early as 1200 B.C. ( 130). Immediately after that date, the vast building was destroyed by fire in the course of a general catastrophy in relation with the occupation of Cyprus by the Sea People, among which were a branche of Philistine, before their advance towards Egypt where they suffered defeats by Ramesses III … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain