Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 7·April–June 1938

J. F. Daniel, Bamboula VI April–June 1938John Franklin Daniel

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

Scan 47 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 7 (J. F. Daniel, Bamboula VI April–June 1938), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 47 of 93

23a2052.289820-5-38General99
b2412.64a 200 223
cb 224 2.47We have sunk two small trenches
d2672.90c 168 1.91today, 1.50 × 6.00, in an attempt
e3213.44d 184 2.07to orientate ourselves in the
f3563.79e 166 1.89W. section (lot 236) one of these,
g3713.94f 174 197from Tr. 13 (N.) [inserted: m.] stopped at bed-rock
h3383.61g 225 25030 cm. down.
h 168 1.91The other trench, ft. due
i 239 2.62north from tr. 12, was still going
j 245 268at closing time. It continues
l 262 285and becomes tr. 14. (see p. 107)
m 226 24925-5-38
Trench atn 116 139Start another trench, 1.50 × 8.00, at
edge of lot 235o 110 133the edge of the rise to the ἀλόνι
p 175 198in lot # 235. In the north we
q 92 115find bed-rock cm. down, at
r 76 99the south many stones in black
top-soil. Black earth goes to rock, at the upper end down,so
Start still another trench to
the north of this. It is 1.50 × 6.00.
This becomes trench #15 (see p. 121)
26-5-38
Start two more trenches, 1.50 × 8.00,
one at the west edge of lot 236,
the other east of and parallel
to tr. 15. In the latter top-soil
goes down on a mass of stones
with a regular face on the (p. 127)
south, thus likely a wall, (Tr. 17)
The trench at the W. of lot 236 becomes
tr. 16 (see p. 128)

Drawing: vertical trench plan; labels: Rock, 2.76, m 1.50 cending stones, l, k, j, slope starts, slope out, 6.00, 250, 4.00, rock fill Rock fill, g, h, g, slope, a, rock, 2.75, 1.60, 4, TR. 11, S 10-11

Drawing: plan at left; labels: a, b, earth & stones, c, hard rock, d, e, asinovos, g, h, 6.70, 4, fade into one another

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

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