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would it have become the cause of the fall of the column?
Oct. 20 Thursday, 11th day of excavations Appearance near the "column", of sculpted stele (?) with phallus (?) and 1/2 column or leg (?). Decision on the subject of departure and booking of planes. — Beside it (E.) large slab with (drawing) square base for, no doubt, the column. This one seems, intentionally, to have been tipped into the hole well prepared beside it. Would this be a deliberate burial and shall we find, at the bottom of the hole the idol that crowned the column. I remember the deliberate burial of the "Apollo" in the temple area and of statuettes of seated deities on the throne to the N. of house 18. After photos, film and recording we replace the 1st drum on the square base. The two drums rest on the edges which … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain