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| 20.5.38 | TRENCH 11 (from p. 81) |
Extend tr. 11 another m. to the south. We have now finished exploratory cuttings to the south and west of the "pit", finding bed-rock away on the E. on the west. On the west it is filled with loose red earth to the depth dug ( ); on the S. and intrusion went down as far as we dug ( ).
23.5.38 In the south extension black top-soil with late sherds goes surprisingly deep. At 2.60 (from center of απ\acute{o}ν the earth changes to deep redbrown with white vegetable particles, remarkably hard. It is a type of earth we have not had before on the Bamboula. A large squared block, aparently not in-situ, appears at this level. Digging through 2.60 we would find bed-rock. A few stones rest on it, but do not belong to walls. Hellenistic sherds go to the rock.
24-5.38 Continue digging down in the (to p. 115)
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain