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M. M. Ill : N.E. BORDERS AND BASEMENTS OF E. HALL 369
There is, however, one noticeable difference, as will be seen from
a comparison of Fig. 267 with Fig. 252 above. The upright posts in this caser
of which the charred remains were visible at the time of excavation, did not
rise from a horizontal beam, but rested directly on the topmost course of
the earlier masonry.* The sockets which held the feet of these posts are
clearly visible in Fig. 207 : a gypsum door-jamb had fallen into the second
socket from the right.
It has already been pointed out that these massive wall-lines on the Structural
inner side of the Lower E.-W. Corridor and its Northern branch shut ?wf?"-
bioTi cis in
in an independent enclave of the building containing- the ' Loom-Weight Loom-
, • 1 • Weight
Basements', the contents of which have been shown to be of such primary Area,
importance in the history of all this Palace region. The structural succession,
M. M. II below and M. M. Ill above, of these Corridor walls corresponds, as
we have seen, with that of the Loom-Weight Basements and with the later
system superimposed on them. It was also interesting to observe that in
the Magazine formed by the blocked section of the Corridor, as also in the
adjoining strip of the 'School Room', a M. M. II floor-level was struck at
a depth roughly corresponding with that of the Loom-Weight Basement on
the West side of the intervening wall.2
On the floor of this Magazine, as already noted, M. M. Ill b vessels
occurred in sihi (see Fig. 279 at end of Section)—corresponding with the pots
of a late floor-level found above the Spiral Fresco deposit in the adjoining area.
Beneath this later floor there came to light here too a M. M. Ill a stratum.
If we now turn to the adjoining area West, primarily named from the Stratifka-
Loom-Weights, and the lower deposits of which, containing the miniature Area of
Terra-cotta Shrine and offertory vases, were so richly illustrative of the h,oomC
J . Weights
mature M. M. II phase, we shall see that its upper elements were equally andSpirai
, r 1 -n • 1 Fresco.
important lor the present Period.
The Plan and Section of the M. M. Ill walls and floor-levels, super-
posed on the earlier structures and remains, has been already given in
Figs. 187 a, b, p. 250 above. The stratification there seen, especially in the
case of the Area of the Spiral Fresco, overlying the more Northerly of the
1 In some cases, however, they may have This floor-level corresponds with that of
been superposed in the sockets on the ends of a ' kalderim' pavement brought to light on
cross-beams. the E. borders of the 'School Room', and
2 The depth at which this INI. M. II floor was which underlay the fine S. wall of the Court
now struck was here about 90 cm. below that of the Stone Spout. On this floor were
on which lay the M. M. Ill b pots. On this found the remains of knobbed and corded
earlier floor was found a small M. M. II pithos pithoi and polychrome pottery of the later
with a triple line of handles and rope work. M. M. II class.
b b
There is, however, one noticeable difference, as will be seen from
a comparison of Fig. 267 with Fig. 252 above. The upright posts in this caser
of which the charred remains were visible at the time of excavation, did not
rise from a horizontal beam, but rested directly on the topmost course of
the earlier masonry.* The sockets which held the feet of these posts are
clearly visible in Fig. 207 : a gypsum door-jamb had fallen into the second
socket from the right.
It has already been pointed out that these massive wall-lines on the Structural
inner side of the Lower E.-W. Corridor and its Northern branch shut ?wf?"-
bioTi cis in
in an independent enclave of the building containing- the ' Loom-Weight Loom-
, • 1 • Weight
Basements', the contents of which have been shown to be of such primary Area,
importance in the history of all this Palace region. The structural succession,
M. M. II below and M. M. Ill above, of these Corridor walls corresponds, as
we have seen, with that of the Loom-Weight Basements and with the later
system superimposed on them. It was also interesting to observe that in
the Magazine formed by the blocked section of the Corridor, as also in the
adjoining strip of the 'School Room', a M. M. II floor-level was struck at
a depth roughly corresponding with that of the Loom-Weight Basement on
the West side of the intervening wall.2
On the floor of this Magazine, as already noted, M. M. Ill b vessels
occurred in sihi (see Fig. 279 at end of Section)—corresponding with the pots
of a late floor-level found above the Spiral Fresco deposit in the adjoining area.
Beneath this later floor there came to light here too a M. M. Ill a stratum.
If we now turn to the adjoining area West, primarily named from the Stratifka-
Loom-Weights, and the lower deposits of which, containing the miniature Area of
Terra-cotta Shrine and offertory vases, were so richly illustrative of the h,oomC
J . Weights
mature M. M. II phase, we shall see that its upper elements were equally andSpirai
, r 1 -n • 1 Fresco.
important lor the present Period.
The Plan and Section of the M. M. Ill walls and floor-levels, super-
posed on the earlier structures and remains, has been already given in
Figs. 187 a, b, p. 250 above. The stratification there seen, especially in the
case of the Area of the Spiral Fresco, overlying the more Northerly of the
1 In some cases, however, they may have This floor-level corresponds with that of
been superposed in the sockets on the ends of a ' kalderim' pavement brought to light on
cross-beams. the E. borders of the 'School Room', and
2 The depth at which this INI. M. II floor was which underlay the fine S. wall of the Court
now struck was here about 90 cm. below that of the Stone Spout. On this floor were
on which lay the M. M. Ill b pots. On this found the remains of knobbed and corded
earlier floor was found a small M. M. II pithos pithoi and polychrome pottery of the later
with a triple line of handles and rope work. M. M. II class.
b b