Chap. IV.
OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS.
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called the Hall of the Merchants (Fig. 9). The hard concrete floor, still covered here and there with tesseræ, was found at 3 ft.
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Mould, 9 inches thick.
Mass of rubbish, 27 inches thick, overlying a pile of charred wood.
Tesseræ, resting on concrete.
Fig. 9.
Section within a room in the Basilica at Silchester. Scale 118.