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… dug by tomb-searchers. This wall is built differently. Its foundation is of boulders and is considerably wider than the wall, forming a broad step (0.44 m. in height and 0.25 m. in width) on the inner side, while the whole of the upper part is built of large square or rectangular undressed blocks. In some parts the superstructure is preserved and is built of mudbricks and pebbles (1). The south end shows a peculiar feature. At the south end a large block 2.05 m. in length, 0.66 m. in width and 0.47 m. in thickness was set in a horizontal position to form the top of the stone part. The face of this block, which is dressed, hhas a rabbet cut along one of the angles, which indicates that it was originally a doorjamb. Indeed before being placed in the present position it must have stood in the south facade at the point where our wall 1 joins it, opposite another similar block, also with a rabbet, which remains in situ. There was therefore a doorway at this point / in
(1) Maximum height of the wall = 2.40 m.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain