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

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Burrow mouth [arrow up] 16.37

(Shards cont. fr. p. 109) P 1600. Considerable casserole ware, not ribbed; includes pots with vertical band handles to rim [inserted: and frags. of basin like P 1586-1596.] and piece of outturned rim of small saucer. Also coarse native coarse ware (red clay, white bits) from pointed amphoras with button or ringed toes and from flat-bottomed vessels, and from lids, 2 frags. seem to be bottom and near neck (mended from 3) of a pottery alabastron. Other plain ware includes shaft of a Rhodian (?) handle (fabric looks right, but broadens curiously); 5 joining frags. of neck & rim of large jar of light buff clay w. dark sandy bits, seems to be same pot as the frag. w. ribs [inserted: or part of it orig. marked] in hoof 5 (see p. 109); [inserted: the neck is grooved at] ER? ER? Fine clay; 2 frags. of same vessel; emulsion glazed both sides includes also neck [illegible] frag. of projecting rim with top that slopes down, like on jug Tomb 10, 2 but larger diam; grooved below; cf. American Tomb 17, 15 (Roman). Hellenistic, numerous frags. w. thin black glaze, some plain inside, some glazed inside, w. rim frags. of the latter. ca. 19/x1/41

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(24/V/41) 112 nearly complete. In the top earth of the dromos fill, beginning perhaps .15 above level of fine wall, some kind of burrow distinguished itself; ca. .10 across at top, going in ca. .40 down and [symbol: looking right] S-E. both openings Opening photographed and placed roughly in plan p. 89. Then stony fill continues same to the fine wall, and [inserted: s.] to the martyr under the oblique late wall, [insertion mark] (N.B. notes this morncontinuation of this wall E of small NE tomb in scarp - mended part evidently fell in with roof of this tomb. Is that same wall in trench to east of 43?) with the exception of some large stones and a lump of clearance? which stick out from under the martyr; note also cut stone [symbol: looking right] E. into of fine wall at its northern visible extremity.

Margin left: see plan 18.1 p. 134 4 38.6 p. 199 (V&H) * 2nd wall to NE of wall G - of plan 18.35 p. 165.

Then sand under the hard white described p. 110 as at NE end of trench followed in a slope toward SW, past to where this cut stone is. Then fill just beyond this is very distinctly softer, looser, includes a sizable stone .30 or .40 across (at ca. .30 or .40 below top of fine wall at this level the burrow(?) cave no longer distinguishable). Then margin of the loose part