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Mr Forrer I probably can only return on Saturday the 21st or Sunday. – So set up, if finds come to light already, the excavation inside the city and start from Monday the systematic soundings around the perimeter of the city wall to determine. Begin at the same time on the south wall and on the northwall and make
Drawing: curved dotted arc with cross-ticks between two wall segments; labels: South wall; 1; 2; 3; 3; 2; 1; North wall. Dikaios
trial trenches at regular intervals to follow the wall in the order 1-1 , 2-2 , 3-3 beginning near the ends of the two known walls. Distribute the architects so that there is good supervision everywhere & all pottery finds should be collected in good paper bags collected & fixed with topographic points . It is not necessary to use the expensive cloth sacks . We will later group the bags in cloth sacks when I come. Earth always outside
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