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 19 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 19 of 142

Episkopi, July 18, 1934

Arthur Jeffery

Dear Mr. Hill,

Another week will soon be drawing to a close, so it is high time to let you know what is happening.

First and foremost, the kind wind of yore has deserted us in our need, and for four or five days it has been boiling hot -- or rather, boiling hot, for it is very humid. That famous Saturday has faded into oblivion, and I tremble to think of days to come.

The tombs are coming along well, and as a consequence, very slowly. We have another week's work cleaning them, and my duties there will last even longer.

There remain: the tomb with the skeleton above, the little tomb above the dromos of 26, and the tomb which we half-opened … continues

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