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belonging to the upper parts of the two walls. these bricks, some already baked and hardened by fire, the others hardening at that moment, then keep their original shape, which their initial state of drying in the sun could not, on its own, have preserved. the remains of destruction, raised dust, small fallen debris etc then form, on top, a hardened orange magma by, agglomerated by the fire smouldering underneath. one thus notes from bottom to top
materials –
Drawing: stratigraphic section showing superimposed layers of debris, bricks, clay, ash and floor; labels: débris briques, etc, détruits par chute; agglomérés par cuisson; murs - brique terre séchée plus poreuse, rouge après feu; forme conservée par cuisson; couverture - argile grasse verte ou blanche grise après cuisson; cendres + bois brûlé; partie cuite par incendie; sol calcaire
colours –
debris of bricks (orange) already isolated from the hearth by lower materials red bricks (on the fire) bricks grey clay black layer fire, ashes, wood grey of the baked floor white of the intact floor
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain