Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 3·May 1940–April 1941

V. Grace, Ayios Ermoyenis I May 1940–Apr. 1941Virginia Randolph Grace

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

Scan 26 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 3 (V. Grace, Ayios Ermoyenis I May 1940–Apr. 1941), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 3, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 26 of 103

49 (12/VI/40 Consulting with Elia about drawings of this tomb, realized the earth martyra along the sea side of the obliquely entering stomion has never pp. 5, 10, been cleared away, but stands (see opposite page).

G.H. McF. photographs 1.) skeleton along S wall (lam one) 2.) child along east part of N wall 3.) child along W part of N wall, with stone on chest.

13/VI/40 Remove this stone, find it rested even slightly below in level [illegible] → have got/ lower bones of skeleton, i.e. had pushed down where it lay, prob. Remove the "#72" alabastron find pieces of bone close under it. The lamp, #73, had some earth & stones at least partly under it

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Level of alabastron 72, 5.494 1.085 (sup. 52, with 6574 bluestone) 4

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50 - 5.507 (MARK ON DOOR- STONE

MARTYRA along S side of stomion 1 sq = .10

Drawing: section diagram of strata; labels: -6.052, -6.152, 180, 140, 100, 20, CHAVARA, WHITISH, APPROXIMATELY LEVEL (LINE OF METRE STICK), MORE EARTH, - 6.352, WHITER, FLOOR OF STOMION, -6.552

Toward left, earth had been cut further back, stratification obscured.

The top layer is easily distinguishable, white loose stuff with large stones harder frags. of the same (?) and small foreign stones - fallen roof apparently. Below that, do not

6.252 level of #3 (sup. 5) ∴ 6.152 " " #6

6.152 - 5.507 (sup. 10) *.645

Pot 6 was - EGW - just about where under sticks line crosses line marking surface of darker (whitish part) - ) fill

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of stomion

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clearly distinguish stratification. But pot #6 sat in entrance way, at level .645 below mark on door stone (see above calculation). This is approximately level of metre stick laid horizontally in above diagram. Christo, chipping away, says distinguishes line which [illegible] is about this

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

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