A raised 'lip' defining the edge of several floor layers and the deposits above these to the W.
F.289 represents a raised lip which ran from N to S of the S half of space 117. It seems to have been constructed as a single episode, although it was made up of multiple layers (see (3905), (3901) and (3904) and the descriptions of those) of various different materials. It was built directly above the oven debris from F.293/F.269 to its E and this material seems to have been used as a foundation for the lip (3912). At the S end, the base material (3904) was made up of fairly pure plaster which could have been a remnant of a floor to the E. Next, a deposit of various materials layered vertically was built on to the S (3901). Finally a long thick stripe of plaster was added running from N to S from the central NS divide of the space 117 (3905). This could have been built up with the floor layers which were laid down within the area it contained to the W, but did not appear to be layered, so probably was not. It seems as a whole to represent a change in the use of the space. Possibly the end of the use of F.269/F.293 to the E and the beginning of the use of F.290 to the W. This is supoported by the changing extent of the floor and floor deposit layers above and beneath F.289, although the material that these were made up of does not seem to have changed. |
