190 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. 

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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. 
