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The third stage of partial re-occupation following the earthquake has left scant architectural remains. Only in the north-east sector was there rebuilding on any scale and then it was on new and humbler lines. Room X was repaired to serve as a sanctuary but elsewhere the ruins were used as they were, so far as they [handwritten: were investigated]
The original surface of the ground on which the compound was built sloped considerably towards the south. The floors of the northern part of the compound rest almost on the bedrock and there appears to be no earlier deposit below them apart from depressions and cavities which were filled with stones and rubble to provide a secure and level surface. But below room X, i.e. in the centre of the whole compound, where the bedrock surface begins to drop to the south we found in a trial pit remains of earlier structures of humble character which belong to the LCI period. This means a considerable gap between the previous use of the area and the construction of the compound in the LCIII period and further south under the Southern Building we found a thin
Handwritten: first / formerly / declared / building / below
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain