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a pit dug by tomb-searchers destroyed the point of contact.
Before I interpret the remains below floor V, I must mention that from approximately rooms IX-X of the Main Building the original level of the bedrock drops towards the south as far as the line of the facade of the South Building, forming a large depression (see section XX on Pl. VII,2 and infra p.........). In this depression we have uncovered remains which were considerably earlier than our compound and which according to a preliminary examination belong to the IIC1. When the erection of the compound was undertaken the ground was uneven. In the north part the rock was high and probably formed the ground surface but in the south where it sank deeper it was covered by earlier deposit which however was thin and did not fill the depression. For this reason much deeper foundations of borders were provided for the parts of the building in the depression in order to bring the thresholds and the footings of the earlier masonry to the same level everywhere. This is particularly clear on section
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