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 35 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 35 of 142

-5- July 21/22

west, are a great many tombs. Judging from the sherds from robbed ones, we will do well to find some intact, for, along with late geometric ware, I have found a number of fragments of the very finest Attic black glaze — really beautiful pieces, of the best period and workmanship.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we are going to the temple of Apollo, and will spend the day scouring the region. We are leaving the cave for another time. Nikola gave me a glowing account of the latter to day, and says that it is full of inscriptions.

The week's expenses were £ 6-10-6, of which the main items are: wages 3-17-3, Lazaros 1-0-0, Savas 0-9-3, my food, laundry etc. 0-12-8. Three shillings of the 6-10-6 that I took for my own use, and will return it when I go to town and cash my check. I came out 3¼ cp. short in my figuring, … continues

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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