This block, along with SU 5445, seems to constitute a threshold to space 10. Each block is abutted by small concrete walls and then piers suggesting that these blocks are the only features which present an accessible access point to space 10. The lip may represent a door-stop like feature. However, the lip could present a slight walking hazard and beyond the pier on the west side, there does appear to be a threshold into Room 14 as suggested by a cut channel in a tufo block which could have contained a sliding door. SU 5444 seems to have provided access to a paved ramp (SU 5462, 5496, 5321) from an earlier phase
Piers and threshold blocks in the very south of of area Fdu