Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 4a·November–December 1935

J. F. Daniel, Mersinoudhia/Kaloriziki (Tombs) IIIa Nov.–Dec. 1935John Franklin Daniel

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

Scan 21 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 4a (J. F. Daniel, Mersinoudhia/Kaloriziki (Tombs) IIIa Nov.–Dec. 1935), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 4a, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 44Scan 21 of 34

Margin left: I'

20-11-35 TOMB NO. 37

PFind the dromoi of tombs 37 + 38, the former (apparently) crossed by the latter. Begin clearing the dromos of 37.

22-11-35 Begin opening the earth over the chamber. The top of the door is so high that it would be dangerous to open the tomb from below.

Photos E 7-9 of dromos + door E 10-11 of chamber E 12 of chamber F 1 of pot no. 25 in situ with skeleton

24-11-35 Remove 30 objects, including an Egyptian scarab from the chamber. There was no trace of bones where the arrangement would have led one to expect a skeleton, but the bones of an adult woman were found in pot no. 25. They were in relatively good condition, but it is clear, both from their arrangement and their size that they were not placed there until the body had disintegrated.

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TOMB NO. 38 (and 39)

20-11-35 Find dromos (see p. 44)

22-11-35 Begin clearing dromos. 23- 23-11-35 Draw section of dromos. No variations were noticeable in the fill.

Photo E 10 of ἀμμόρακα over chamber

25-11-35 Photo F 4 of dromos. Block 1.40 x 0.60 x 0.10 at door Another tomb, with the dromos nearly at right angles to that of tomb no. 38 lies directly over it. The ἀμμόρακα noted above belongs to it and was close to the door. This tomb (which we will call no. 39) has been plundered, but several pots remain

26-11-35 Finish clearing tomb no. 38. The only finds remaining are a few objects from the second tomb. It is on the same floor as the first, of whose contents absolutely nothing remains. It must have been cleared out in laying the second tomb

27-11-35 Photo F 5, of chamber

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

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