Unnumbered pageScan 281 of 438
139.
together with the North Building and the other parts of the compound formed part of the same architectural undertaking. We will see that the examination of the ceramic evidence in the rooms of this building confirms that conclusion.
6 floors As shown by section AA, Pl. V, 1 six successive floors have been identified in room III, floor VI (level 13.18) being the lowest. Below this (1) still remains a thin deposit between this floor and the bedrock, which is met with at level 1360-1380. It should be emphasized that floor VI has no regular floor surface although it bears evidence of use as such, at least for a short time. It was clearly distinguishable from the layer overlying it which was a filling of limestone debris and gravel. Floor VI therefore and the layer under it might be taken as anterior to the erection of the building.
/We
(1) The material examined from room III was collected from the latter in its reduced form after the rearrangements which followed the conflagration on floor V.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain