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 73 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.

Page 143Scan 73 of 103

a bit of the dromos stony fill seems to be preserved on top of this stone, suggesting however [illegible] may have fallen at same time. Recall the other doorstone of Tomb 1 which had fallen on top of jar # 1 inside tomb.

Tomb 9 entrance is closed by large square stone, leaning in, and behind this some largish rough stone.

I don't read any history of re-use of Tomb 1 dromos in the scarp. Nor do I see proof of relative priority as between 1 & 9 from here.

cutting down this scarp attaching (after false start at N end) the loose pebbly fill toward the S.

[underline: SherdsP. 185, [11] N end of disturbed :] 3/VI/41 Tomb 43/75 clearing for dromos of Tomb 1 (apparently un- : [underline: Roman ?] 1 frag of fine micaceous ware with blackened surface, cf. P 1600; otherwise seems Hell. or earlier: rim frag. of marrying bowl perhaps locally but relatively carefully made, traces remains of red paint (frag of rim & base of same bowl in lot [7]); bit of rim of local

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(3/VI/41) S of Wall A, over oblique stomion of Tomb 1, Sherds [17] continuing down, leaving the narrow sample over the stomion at rt angles to Spring Wall & conn. A sort of hump of earth which seemed to be different left. It is probably perhaps the actual dromos fillanyway in the right position for it. [underline: Phot.] 18.18 ~~Note that the stones in the fill show in the (W) scarp pseudo-tholos above this hump, thus on it or on either side of it.~~

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18.18

(Sherds [11] cont.) pottery alabastron; base frag. of ware like P 1480 (yellow-buff, white bits) - raised flat base w. slightly raised edge of diam. ca. .11 - large jug ?; 3 pieces of cooking pot with yellow surface, cf. lots [7] & [8] b.; 2 frags. plain ware which seem to be parts of comb burnished? coarse ware, no ribs.

28/XI/41

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

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