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similarinappearancetothesectionspreviouslydiscovered
inotherareasalongthefacadeandbelongingtoaverylarge
halloncelocatedthere.
Thefacadeitselfwasfoundtobealmostentirelylacking
itsoriginalwallfacing.Findsfromadeeprobbers'pitlargely
confirmourpreviousconclusioninregardtothepossible
dateofthisoperation.NumerousfragmentsofEgyptian-made
SplashedWare(Fayyumi)andseveralimportedvesselsseem
topointtotheperiodofthe10thand11thcenturyADasthe
mostprobabledate.
Thefoundationsofthecisternswerereachedatthelevel
of8.00m.Therobbing,however,extendedevendeeper.Inthe
northernpartofthetrench,closetobuttress1damagescontin-
ueddowntoadepthof5.80mabovesealevel.Itwasonce
againconfirmed,thatthebuttressitselfwasbuiltontheearlier
structureservingasareadyfoundation.Thisstructureturned
outtobealargebasinbuiltoffiredbricksandlinedwith
waterproofmortar.Itwaspossibletoclearitswalldownto
thelevelof5.60m(i.e.2.40mbelowthepreservedtopofits
walls)withoutreachingthebottom.Originallyitformedpart
ofalargewatertankorcisternapparentlypredatingtheLate
Romanstructure.
2
Anotherdeepsoundingwasmadeintheareaclosetothe
southeasterncornerofthecisterns,encompassingalsothead-
jacentsectionofitscorridor.Theaccumulationwithinthecor-
ridorprovedtobesubstantiallydifferentfromthestratade-
positedalongtheeasternfacade.Itdidnotcontaineitherthe
2
G.Majcherek,ExcavationsinAlexandriain1990-91,PAMIII,1991,(1992),
pp.5-7.
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