Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (3.1991(1992))

to assume that the buildmg to which they belonged was an
important one. All the pottery collected from the floor of the
storeroom could be dated to the Early Dynastic III period (but not
to its later part), corroborating the date suggested for the thick wali
and the glacis.

In area B in the southeastem comer of Tell Rad Shaqrah two
trenches were opened, each of thern measuring 9.5 x 4.5 m,
separated only by a narrow baulk. Remains from three consecutive
occupational strata were uncovered in both trenches. All the strata
contained pottery of ED III date ^ ,

as Metallic Ware and rarely fount §.
5 pottery. The topmost layer of j =.
washed away by erosion. It cor =.
foundations (about 0.5 m wide) d i.
with no corresponding floors < -
certain places preserved to a heig i
the outlines of small regular roo -
The second stratum was mu E
in the northem part of the trench i'
m wide) mnning from NW to $ -
nearly 4 m long and was partly i
witii ashes mixed with potsherd: p-
separate dwelling units were lociE-
similar to the ones from the upptE-
one room comer was exposed wi =-
southem one two small rooms |e_
c. 1.1 m wide. The northem cont
this unit continued further towarjl|_
to the south and southwest, frr e_
domestic stmctures were discovt |_
exception) very small rooms, n;j= .
walls respecting the same orie|-
mudbrick walls of these house: ="

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