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of steps (see Fig. 283).1 A smaller flight, however, continued South, thus
giving direct access to the North-East Magazines of the contiguous area.

The W. wall of the entrance Gallery consists of fine limestone
masonry, the inner section of which slightly projects in front of the other.

Fig. 283. View of N.E. Entrance looking S. Steps to left leading to Main Corridor of
N. Quarter ; Smaller Steps to right heading for N.E. Magazines on Terrace above.

Both in this feature and the character of the blocks this wall closely
resembles those of the Bastions of the Northern Entrance Passage be-

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longing to the early part of M. M. Ill, but in this case the blocks showed
no incised signs. Most of the wall on the left of the entrance passage, which
was of the same fine construction as that opposite, has been torn away

1 The steps of this flight, of which four were preserved, are 1-50 metres wide, 15 cm. high,
and 50 cm. deep.