Figure 38. Stratified sediment, 50 cm deep. 5-11-2015.
Figure 6. Water drawing station built in the 1955 preservation. The stones on the right and the left used to protrude to provide standing space for a person drawing water with a bucket on a rope. They were broken off by vandals. 3-11-2015.
Figure 3. North side and NW corner of reservoir in 1905 photograph. The “draughted masonry” is exposed where the ancient coat of thick plaster (called opus signinum by Butler) has fallen off. The “coping of flat and well fitted slabs” is visible on top of the wall in the segment on the right.
Figure 44. After overnight showers a rain-slicked floor made the work challenging. 9-11-2015.
Figure 49. Soil is gone! 14-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
