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… floor III was made in each of these two rooms and therefore everything below this floor belongs to the time when they were united. All the evidence for the stage when they were united as room X + IX, from both sections, has already been presented under room X. Here it remains to consider the evidence on and above floor III of room IX.
On floor III we found only a portion of gold leaf (652 on Pl. XIV, 4), three drop-shaped beads (171, 171i on Pl. XIV, 4), hollow inside, and a few animal's bones. Floor II was the top of a layer of sandy quality similar to floor II in room X. A stone trough, which I have already mentioned was found upside down on floor III, the base being at the level of floor II. It was placed near the ... partition wall and the space between the latter and the trough was paved with plaster. The trough, which had a groove in the bottom connected with a hole through the base, was disused. In the earth under it we found animal's and bird's bones.
To floor II belong a juglet of wheel-made, basering shape, (172 on Pl. XIV, 5), a gold bead, a goldplated … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain