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edwithoverlapinordertodisposeofrainwater.Afragment
ofthewallcomprisedbetweenthebuttressandthecornerof
thecisternwastransversallyrestressed,usingmethods
alreadyprovenintheconservationofthemonument.
3
Thesouthwesterncornerofthecisternwasreconstructed
onaccountoftheneedtoprepareapathforvisitorsaspartofa
touristdevelopmentplanforthesite.Therestoredsectionwill
atthesametimeserveasaretainingwallfortheescarpment
(Fig.3).Thewall,madeoflargeblocksc.20-40x30-40x40-50cm,
wasbuiltonpreservedrelicsusinglimemortarandseparating
thenewpartsfromtheoriginaloneswithtarpaper.The
wall,whichhadmostprobablycollapsedduringa5thor6th
centuryearthquake,wasinByzantinetimesencasedinsideanew
oneofirregularshapeintendedastheclosingofthecistern
complexonthesouth.TheByzantinewallwasrecordedand
thencoveredup.
3
ThemethodwasdescribedinPAMIII1991(1992),p.15f.
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PAMV[=Reports1993]
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