Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3·July–December 1934

July–December 1934

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 138 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3 (July–December 1934), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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… but in view of the fact that we have cleaned all the tins of sherds and about 150 pots, it is not so bad. My personal expenses, you will also notice, are not very large. I hadn't realized from last year what a large part of Savas' weekly bills is for expedition, and not personal, expenses.

I am going to have to urge pretty strongly that ty my board here be regarded as an expedition expense. The work I am doing, after all, is as much a part of the excavation routine as the digging, and much less attractive. Ordinarily this sort of work goes on at the same time as the digging, and is certainly not regarded as a personal extra. I have given up all hope of

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