Field notes·PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 10·1949

Ayios Ermoyenis Bags of objects 1949

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

Scan 27 of field notes PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 10 (Ayios Ermoyenis Bags of objects 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 10, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 27 of 62

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… Small bag: "26 Mar. 49. Grid 2-H, north 4-8, Stratum 1ⓑ." Coarse, red & buff. Scrappy. Roof tile, amphora frags. Splinter Roman Pergamene.

Small bag: "29 Mar 49. Grid 2-H, north 6-8, Stratum 1©. "1/3 them ovt". Coarse, red & red-buff. Scrappy. Bits of gritty cooking ware. Bit of amber.

Small bag: "24 Mar 49. Grid 2-H, north 8-12, Stratum 1[circled: a]ⓑ^G, 0-1.15. very few tile frags thrown out." Coarse ware: dark red, light orange-red, buff. Nondescript frags, generally amphora weight. Body & foot of fusiform unguentarium, spindle-shaped; coarse, red-brown clay.

Medium bag: "24 Mar. 49. Grid 2-H, north 8-12, Stratum 1©, depth 1.15-" Utility ware, red-buff. Roof tiles. Pithos & amph. frags (incl. angular handle of late type. Frag. dish base, good black glaze - probable, imported frag. Frag. middle to late Roman bowl with heavy base ring.

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

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