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0336 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1
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[Figure] 422 Plan and Vertical Section of Upper Digging on the Citadel.

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I 90   ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT ANCIENT MERV.

the earth shoveled up from the deeper part of the excavation. A third, deeper-lying floor was discovered at a depth of 8.25 feet with much lime and ashes, as well as with the remains of a third brick pavement (c) similar to the former.

Fig. 422.—Plan and Vertical Section of Upper Digging on the Citadel.

Thus we have to distinguish in the upper strata of the hill three apparently similar periods lying one above the other. The three brick pavements may belong either to a court or to a room. In the deeper layers such bricks were not found.

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