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8/10/58 Trench XLI - (see p. 1) The widening of the trench everywhere revealed at a depth of about 50 cm the floor I, linked to a grid of walls; the west wall, in dressed blocks, must be the outer wall of the house. From layer 1, abundant pottery - West of kiln Ptt 25, at 40 cm, Ptt 35: small intact jug placed on the old floor, jug with cylindrical spout, the spout missing - In the hall situated NE of the pottery kiln Ptt 25, at 40 cm, Ptt 36: bronze point, associated with "wavy line" sherds and a stone spindle whorl. At 3 m north of Ptt 35, depth 20 cm: Ptt 37: stone seal -
Ptt 25: stratigraphy observed on the west face of the kiln: 10 cm: top of dressed stones 60 to 70 cm: floor of unburnt brown earth: Floor I (layer 2) 70 to 135 cm: collapsed upper parts of the kiln, bricks, wall in places well preserved of the kiln: layer 3 Beyond 135 cm, fill of the kiln proper i.e., ashes, sherds: layer 4 Floor I completely masked the kiln which was no longer in use at that time - The kiln must therefore be linked to an earlier floor -
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain