| Notes on function |
2001-09-18 |
jl |
The stones of f353, which we have presumed to be the outer face of the wall f352, are all fairly homogenous, i. e. smaller and blocky, with the exception of the three southernmost, which are much larger and very smooth, as if they had been worn down by much traffic passing over them. Perhaps these stones were a part of the original accessway into the underground structure, a ramp leading down, that was replaced later with a stairway. This might also make sense of the brick material found around f354 and f355; if, as I have speculated under f352 and f375, there were actually three phases of construction, then the bricks might have formed the walls and roof of the structure in its earliest phase, with these stones marking the entrance. [Input: L918jl.j] |