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Following the conflagration and the rearrangements which subsequently took place all the buildings came into use again and occupation continues normally until floor II, the one before the topmost. On this floor we found a thick layer of decomposed mudbricks, evidently from the collapsed mudbrick parts of the walls, giving evidence of a destruction the cause of which was other than fire. We notice a fallen doorjamb, the crushed skeleton of a child and displaced or [handwritten: n.f.20 /] [handwritten: 1.p.22] and above all a thick layer of decomposed mudbricks resting cracked blocks and above all a thick layer of decomposed mudbricks resting on floor II, which suggest that this second catastrophe may have been caused by an earthquake. The compound was not abandoned after this destruction though many parts of it fell into disuse. Room X, in which the bronze statue of the horned god was found, was repaired and the area to the north of it (room XIII) and room IX adjoining it to the west, though possibly now used for cult purposes, were used for cult purposes, which are marked by the presence of animal bones, antlers and skulls of oxen. But large parts of the compound were altogether abandoned or used in this ruined state as workshops (grinding in the South Building) or rubbish dumps. Dumps of pottery, which /had
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