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§ 18. M. M. Ill : (C) North-east Borders and Basements of M. M. Ill
East Hall
S
Northern Branch of Lower E.-W. Corridor; Cohimnar Lobby and
Upper Story block ; N.E. Room—Submergence of M.M. LI Magazines of
Great Knobbed Pithoi; Court of Stone Spout and M. M. LIL Wall; Earlier
ypstem facade line of a N.E. ' Insula ', r turning E - W. ; Presumed Stepway to
E. Postern; Corridor North blocked in M.M. III h and converted to Magazine;
So-called ' School Room ' ; Enclave including ' Loom-Weight Basement' ; Its
later M. M. Ill stratification ; M. M. Ill Walls superposed here on M. M.
II; Important Deposit zvith Spiral Fresco, Column bases, and painted stucco
bas-reliefs of bull-grappling scenes ; Comparison of fresco bauds with decora-
tion of tank in bull-catching scene on gem ; Remains derived from M.M. Ill
East Hall above ; Drainage system of its Court—Vertical ducts, stone drain-
heads, and Condtiit; Stone spout and blind well choked with M. M. Ill sherds;
Substructures showing Plan of great East Hall.
N.Branch From the point where the Eastern course of the E.-W. Corridor was
of e.-W. eventually cut short there started a Northern branch—following the Eastern
Corridor. J _ . . ,,
wall-line of the ' Loom-Weight' area—which must have originally brought
the Domestic Quarter into connexion with a stepway leading directly down
to the Eastern Bastion and Postern.
Columnar This Northern section of the Corridor passes first through a kind of lobby,
strade known from its characteristic M. M. Ill framework, here very visible, as the
and Room of the Wooden Posts. It had a good gypsum paving, thickly covered
Story with a deposit of lime, perhaps due to a work of restoring the stucco wall
coating, which may have been on foot at the time of the final catastrophe.
From this room light was secured for the passage-way by means of an open
balustrade (Fig. 261). About 2 metres above the S. end of this balus-
trade was a worn gypsum block, which from the beginning of the excavation
Land- had been noted as a landmark on the Eastern slope of the hill. It was found
Hill-side, to rest on flat slabs, and these again on wooden beams, of which carbonized
remains came to light. These were temporarily replaced, and, by means of
the construction of a stone pillar below, the upper block was maintained
exactly at the level which it had occupied on the hillside. This is shown
East Hall
S
Northern Branch of Lower E.-W. Corridor; Cohimnar Lobby and
Upper Story block ; N.E. Room—Submergence of M.M. LI Magazines of
Great Knobbed Pithoi; Court of Stone Spout and M. M. LIL Wall; Earlier
ypstem facade line of a N.E. ' Insula ', r turning E - W. ; Presumed Stepway to
E. Postern; Corridor North blocked in M.M. III h and converted to Magazine;
So-called ' School Room ' ; Enclave including ' Loom-Weight Basement' ; Its
later M. M. Ill stratification ; M. M. Ill Walls superposed here on M. M.
II; Important Deposit zvith Spiral Fresco, Column bases, and painted stucco
bas-reliefs of bull-grappling scenes ; Comparison of fresco bauds with decora-
tion of tank in bull-catching scene on gem ; Remains derived from M.M. Ill
East Hall above ; Drainage system of its Court—Vertical ducts, stone drain-
heads, and Condtiit; Stone spout and blind well choked with M. M. Ill sherds;
Substructures showing Plan of great East Hall.
N.Branch From the point where the Eastern course of the E.-W. Corridor was
of e.-W. eventually cut short there started a Northern branch—following the Eastern
Corridor. J _ . . ,,
wall-line of the ' Loom-Weight' area—which must have originally brought
the Domestic Quarter into connexion with a stepway leading directly down
to the Eastern Bastion and Postern.
Columnar This Northern section of the Corridor passes first through a kind of lobby,
strade known from its characteristic M. M. Ill framework, here very visible, as the
and Room of the Wooden Posts. It had a good gypsum paving, thickly covered
Story with a deposit of lime, perhaps due to a work of restoring the stucco wall
coating, which may have been on foot at the time of the final catastrophe.
From this room light was secured for the passage-way by means of an open
balustrade (Fig. 261). About 2 metres above the S. end of this balus-
trade was a worn gypsum block, which from the beginning of the excavation
Land- had been noted as a landmark on the Eastern slope of the hill. It was found
Hill-side, to rest on flat slabs, and these again on wooden beams, of which carbonized
remains came to light. These were temporarily replaced, and, by means of
the construction of a stone pillar below, the upper block was maintained
exactly at the level which it had occupied on the hillside. This is shown