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All the finds in this area are of domestic use and it would appear that it was actually used as a working space especially for grinding. It is possible then that it was intentionally left without a floor and that when entering,one had to step down (1), the difference of level being only 14 cms.
In the repair and alteration of the building consequent upon its partial destruction by conflagration on floor V (IV in room X), two partition walls were built on either side of the pillar abut-
Handwritten: floor V of room XIII.
ting on it and resting on the earlier floor This screened off the area south of the pillar and turned it into a closed room. Simultaneously a fill was introduced into this area to raise the level and another partition wall was built which separated the / room
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(1) However as it has survived the edge of the higher floor level follows a very irregular line (Pl.II). In the description of the room (supra p. ) I put forward the alternative suggestion that if floor V of room XIII originally continued into the area occupied by room IX+X it may have been destroyed at the time of the rearrangements following the conflagration when the partitions were built and new floors were formed.
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