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

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

·

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

Scan 60 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.

Page 125Scan 60 of 93

124

626
E3109.36
50-60528S3689.94
138410.10
408240810.34
342810.54
443010.56
W3459.71
647610.04
748210.10
a47810.06
b49610.26
c50210.30

Drawing: plan of trench showing walls and features; labels: 8, 408, 936, a, b, c, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, x, y, Ix b, Ix a, Trig 0 50 1M 2M

Right page

27.5.38TR. 16 (see p. 99)

This trench was begun yesterday as 1.50×8.00, and later extended to a length of Find reddish earth with numerous stones at 0.50 east south, and rather less red earth without stones W. at 0.65. Probably there is still earth over the red soil in the north west Start digging below and finding what appear to be walls in the east.

28.5.38to 30.5.38 The surface is at 9.36 east and 9.71 west. Dig below 50-65 and find good red earth with sherds of pots, probably in-situ, sticking up. This is probably tumble. A number of fallen stones stopped at this level. This level is at 10.10 in 16:1, 10.34 in 16:2, 10.54 in 16:3, 10.56 in 16:4, and 9.94 in 16:5 Extend the trench by a section x on the S.

2.6.38 We have been working for several days, extending the trench. Every where we found plowed and unplowed top-soil stopping (to p. 151)

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

Spotted a wrong reading? Write to us or use alexis@ancientcyprus.com