Despite the construction technique, which elsewhere is generally associated with mid-Republican phases (e.g. in Area F), this section of slab floor most likely belongs to a later phase of reorganization of this space, most likely associated with the construction of walls in concrete (7037, 7131). This conclusion is based on the fact that these slabs are bound by mortar to the wall on the northern side, and sit at a higher elevation than the slab floor that appears to be associated with the construction of the original ashlar wall (floor 7137 and wall 7078). In terms of their function, based on the presence of the repurposed tufo block 7163 and the holes in the easternmost slab - directly above a known drainage tunnel/cuniculus, running N-S - these slabs may have served as some kind of waste disposal, perhaps even a latrine.
E-W ashlar wall forming E part of S limit of Room 1 and Opus mixtum wall built on top of wall 7057 and Tufo slab floor at N end of Room 3 and Ashlar wall running N-S at E limit of Room 3 and Tufo block and mortar on slabs 7130 and Upright ceramic tube south of wall 7131 and Opus reticulatum wall S of floor 7130 and Fill of circular cut S of wall 7131 and Petit appareil wall running N-S at W limit of Room 3 and Ashlar block aligned E-W in Room 3, covered by wall 7079 and Buttress of tufo blocks built against W side of ashlar wall 7078 and Concrete threshold between walls 7079 and 7080 and Petit appareil wall running N-S south of wall 7079 and Buttress of tufo blocks S of buttress 7097
View from east
View from north