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… observed in the neighbouring room XII and elsewhere. The quern lying in the ashes may indicate subsequent re-use. The floor at level 12.70 m. is approximately at the same level as floor V in room VI( see previous section).
In room VII we notice a succession of floors from V to II, floor I which is post-destruction not occurring. In floor III by the east wall is a pot-burial of an infant. ( Pl. XIV,1)
The stratification in room VIII is most instructive for the study of the causes of the catastrophe already mentioned. On the first floor encountered, which is the floor on which the destruction occurred and is therefore given number II, we uncovered the skeleton od a child buried under fallen mudbricks and decomposed pisé evidently from the upper parts of the walls. ( Pl. XIV 3-6). The remains of the child were lying flat on the floor and in fact the legs showed dislocation which cannot be otherwise explained than by the assumption that the infant was caught under the debris and tried to extricate itself. This suggests an unexpected and … continues
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