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Diary page 524 [handwritten: 3]
Room 6 May 11th. Began removing debris from/W. Bldg. [handwritten: Room 6] -- part of this debris I removed previous year. Film 39, no. 29, 30, 31. Continued removing debris from W. Bldg. Room 5 over floor level. Began digging 4th stratum W. Bldg. R 2. See Film 39, no. 20 & 21. Under Mr. Hill's direction began setting up door jamb of S. Bldg. 1 centre and 3 centre east end.
Page 534 May 12. Dug Room 1 2nd stratum W. Bldg. west part where sample remained fr. previous year. See cross section p. 495. Frag. inscription found belonging probably St. Ins. 5. Built rubble wall up against jamb St.Bldg. 1 centre west end - to support it. Finished 1st stratum of debris W. Bldg. R 5. See Film 40, 6, 7, 8, 9. Dug 4th stratum W. Bldg. Room 2 part left near west wall. Dug Corridor 2 S. Bldg. I-K 6th strat. Cross section p. 491. Film 39, No. 34. Began 2nd stratum West Bldg. R 5 & 6 strata and Room 2 5th stratum.
Page 538 May 13th. 6th stratum W. Bldg. Room 2 - cross section p. 499. Film 40. Began digging west part of 6th str. only. Top of this 6th stratum seems to be floor - hard packed and traces of fire in centre. Coin 548 found on this stratum. See Finds also F 544, 545. Dug 3rd & 4th strata W. Bldg. R. 1 west end where sample remained from previous year. See Film 40, no. 20, Film 7, no. 21, St. Ins. 5, & I 91 - cross section p. 495, Diary p. 145 for April 8, '36.
Page 543 No digging May 14th or 15th. May 16th. Began digging out cistern north of Temple A. Began removing 2nd stratum W. Bldg. Room 3. Cross section p. 527. Film 40, no. 32. Removed sample left by northeast corner W. Bldg. Room 2, Film 40, no. 33, to see if door behind it. Continued setting up S. Bldg. door & R. 2 east door. W. Bldg. R. 3 began removing 2nd stratum. See cross section, consisting of fallen roof muck - rather white earth with particles of soft stone.
Page 552 May 16th cont. that tends to turn to powder and is probably cause of WHITENESS of fill - this sort of pelos - roof muck - used on houses today - enabling water to run off better and avoid leaking being more impervious and compact - very clean fill. May 17th. Began removing fallen debris from Room 4 of stratum 1 a. Continued digging 2nd stratum Room 7 West Bldg. Finished clearing floor Room 3. Began digging north of Room 4 stratum 1 b. Cross section p.
Page 556 May 18th. Continued digging West Bldg. R 4 stratum 1 b of fallen timbers debris -- Room 7, stratum 2 finished began 3. Dug north of R 4 - stratum 1 b. Continued digging cistern north of Temple A. May 19th. Unable to get to dig except for short time so workmen spent most of the day digging out cistern north of Temple A. Part of 3rd stratum removed from W. Bldg. R 7 and good inscription.
Page 562 May 20th. Continued surveying w. Mr. Hill - finished digging out cistern north of Temple A. Removed piece of cornice near threshold of Propylon and on probable floor near north wall of room. Surveyed S. Bldg. threshold and points for fixing level of stylobate with Mr. Hill. Inscription No. 2 (p. 558) 311-318 A.D. found at bottom of 3rd stratum dug fill under it. Removed 2nd stratum east side Room 7 W. Bldg. and finished digging 3rd stratum W. Bldg. R 7 and good inscription. May 21st Sunday. 22nd Apotheke.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain