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f 155
ds wall is 4.95 m long and 2.15 m wide.  Largest stone approximately 70 cm square an at least 40 cm thick (bottom hidden by pebble floor, f80, and not yet probed to see its relationship with the baked brick floor, f84).  Large stones are on the periphery and the interior seems filled with smaller stones, pebbles and sherds.

f 163
ds platform is built of multiple layers of baked brick in the form of two steps. Founded just above the pebble floor, f80, its west face was clearly meant to be seen by those in the courtyard south of it.  The south face is against wall, f93, while the profile of the north face just shows the layers of bricks laid on packing.  The east face seems to be missing, causing gb to opine that it may be a retaining wall instead of a ceremonial platform.  There are 3 courses of brick on the first step and two on the second step.  The two top courses of brick are deteriorated and may not have been made of the same material.  The bottom courses are well preserved and are made of 30cm by 30 cm baked bricks that are either red or cream colored.  They are arranged in patterns.  
nc originally, we had believed that the platform was associated with floor, f84, which was made of the identical bricks.  However a small probe in the NE corner revealed that the platform is associated with the pebble floor, f80.

f 176
ds single raised line of baked bricks along the north end of doorway a18, separating the doorway from the pebble floor of the courtyard, f80.  The bricks are 30cm square by 6cm thick and laid atop a thin layer of packing.

f 190
ds sun-dried reddish bricks laid as a floor to doorway a18.  Bricks are 35cm square.  There is no sign of a door socket or rabbiting which means that the passageway from the kitchen to the courtyard was probably open.

f 188
ds floor surface of sun-dried gray bricks, apparently associated with the pebble floor, f80/f150.  Bricks are 35cm square and the visible portion runs E-W wtith two courses visible (extends into the north baulk).  Area covered is about 3.8 m E-W and 1.15 m N-S.  Found by brushing surface that had dried for about 2 weeks after having been excavated.

f 117
ds crude N-S stone wall/barrier perhaps constructed from stones robbed from wall that would have been the west counterpart of wall, f155.  Wall runs N-S from a point just east of doorway, a18.  It is 3.65 m long and averages about 60 cm wide.  The largest stone is about 60 x 40 x 25 cm.  The wall appears to be laid over a thin layer of packing atop pebble floor, f150.

f 189
ds large, rectangular stone placed opposite doorway a17, 4.9 m to the north.  Dimensions: 115 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm. Looks like a bench for someone watching the doorway