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April 20. Morning cars began working steadily on 128 metres of single rail. One rail terminates at [handwritten: ξ Votiov] (or [handwritten: Tr.I]) [handwritten: Votiov 8-10] crossing Trench I by south aisle wall. The switch is at A-a [handwritten: Bopiov 6], the other at [handwritten: Bopiov 6]. Began removing dump east of Tr.I with cars. [handwritten: 0-4]. Continued
April 22. Finished [handwritten: ∈-ξ Votiov 0-10] and began [handwritten: ∈ Votiov 1-6]. Continued digging [handwritten: Ā-δ Bopiov 0-4] and began [handwritten: ζ-Ī Bopiov 0-4]. Continously removing dump east of Tr.I with cars. [handwritten: Uncovered Ī̄-σ Bopiov 0-4] what may prove apse of church or basilica.
April 23. Men began digging [handwritten: ζ Bopiov 0-8] and [handwritten: Votiov 0-10]. All but two sent to dig K-Ξ [handwritten: Bopiov 0-2]. Continued removing dump east of Tr.I nave and north aisle. Continued [handwritten: Π-Τ Bopiov 0-4]. Work went on getting tracks into line to pass over north aisle to eastern end of building. 24 men. Walls uncovered [handwritten: Π-δ Bopiov 0-4] proved to really be apse of older church or basilica.
April 24. 24 men. 3 cars in morning, 4 in afternoon. Dug [handwritten: Π-δ Bopiov 4-8, ζ-Ϭ Bopiov] down to stratum of mortar and decomposed buildings. Finished [handwritten: Μ-Ε] [handwritten: K-Λ Bopiov 2 Μ-Μ Bopiov 0-2]
Measured field of wheat just north of Tr.23 dump. This is a side branch off larger field to south. It measured before dumping upon it 28 m. long by 20, average taken at 80 m. south of most northern extension branch. Another Another western branch of this field is on south of the above branch and is separated from it by wild land. Measures 30 m. by 20.70 m. in southern section but only 13 m. in the most northerly extension of trench for distance of 25 m.
April 25. 24 men. 7 wheelbarrows. 4 cars. All wheelbarrows K-M [handwritten: Bopiov 0-4] and to remove dump north of Tr.23 E-K. Dug [handwritten: Μ-Τ Bopiov 4-12] only to first stratum. Also K-M [handwritten: Bopiov 0-4], only first stratum. Continued to remove dump just south of [handwritten: Tr.23 K-M].
April 26-30. Work all off on account of Greek Easter holidays. 26 men.
May 1st. Work resumed - 4 cars. Dug K-Λ, -M 0-14 and [handwritten: Π-Τ Bopiov 6-12]. 26 men.
May 2. 26 men.
May 3. 28 men.
May 4. Began H- 0-12. 28 men.
May 5. Sunday and work called off May 6 on account of King and Silver Jubilee.
May 7. [handwritten: Τ-Ī Bopiov 12-16]. Finished 1st stratum and began second. Completed H-0-12. Began May 4th (1st stratum only). Wall runs whole length of trench and just about in middle of trench. Floors on both sides [handwritten: put together as] surface soil without significance. [handwritten: I-K Bopiov 12-14] begun and completed. [handwritten: Bopiov 0-4] begun and rails removed which went over surface of trench. 23 men [handwritten: - also M-Ī Bopiov 0-4].
May 8. Dug 2nd stratum. Tr.23 [handwritten: Π-Τ Bopiov 12-16], M-O o-o and [handwritten: Bopiov 0-4] 1st stratum. [handwritten: Ī-Ī Bopiov 0-4] 1st stratum. 24 men. Found mosaic floor N-I. [handwritten: I-Λ Bopiov 0-4] 1st stratum.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain
