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Fig. 4.House A. 106. Wall S founded on earlier structures
(House A.l 11). Phot, by W. Godlewski.
face of the big wall. Its mudbrick walls were preserved to a height
of 3.70 m. Only the three parallel rooms on the west, attached to
the western defense wall, were cleared. The comer room contained
a staircase leading to the upper floor. The interiors were finished in
plaster. The eastern part of the house remains unexplored. Taking
into consideration its location and its urban frame of reference, it
can be assumed that house A. 105 was accessible from the circuit
street, in similarity to other early fortifications in Nubia, i.e., at
Sabagura and Ihmindi.3 It was undoubtedly storied, but the actual
number of floors remains uncertain. Large arched windows in the

3 F. W. Deichmann, P. Grossmann, Nubische Forschungen, Berlin 1988, pp. 57-94.
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