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outside the south facade. At the time of the erection of the compound this difference of level in the original bedrock was partly corrected by the survival there [illegible] of earlier remains which belonged to the LCI [handwritten: II ?] period. Such remains have been laid bare in a trial dug in room X where a wall built of rubble and floors connected with it were brought to light. As seen in square H 16-18 of the section [illegible] (cf. pp.....…) the floors connected with these early remains (V -VII) were cut through by a foundation trench in which the south wall of room X+IX was laid. A similar cutting through the same floors was made for the foundation of the southernmost pillar (square θ 12-14) of the central room of the Main Building.
In the part of the depression where the South Building stands (squares H 16-θ 26) we observed a . layer ovelying the rock which seems to belong to an earlier deposit. In the trials carried out here, no architectural remains were brought to light but from the study of the pottery collected it emerged that … continues
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