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

Margin left: 2 delineated architectural frags.

Margin left: a number 7 o. lent.?

[margin left: \* one of them a joining frag. from lot 21]

Margin left: Frags of neck, between P15 23

[illegible]

Margin left: P. 136, 19

(Found in this lot also bones and pieces of charcoal as per above p. 138) 5/VI/41 Trench 43 extension, loose stony fill E of sampled bay Wall E : 9. p. 134, frg. abt -4.30 p. 134, ?find of glass in context of these sherds, appears as late as 2^nd AD lst p. 164 cent. (taking the finds in Tomb 8 as contem p. with the late lamps like XXVII Broneer); among the sherds a few other pieces of similar glass. Frag. of ^{P 1613} Pergamene ware which joins w. 2 joining frags. of lot 21 (see p. 153). This lot in general (whole basket full) looks Hellenistic: the casserole ware which is 1/4 or more of whole bulk, wrists etc. 5 [illegible] in. handle frags, of pots with flaring necks - plain rims. [illegible] a ledge at base of neck inside to take lid. 1 very fine, rather low-in ware [illegible] a disk, and a lot of handles stuck on roundish - possibly played into as context 1 piece of [illegible] no. neck of handleless remain [illegible] prehistoric, but it ?seemed no wheel marks. one frag. w. bands, seen Some frags. in this ware of in turning bowls, the same shape also in fine ware with the Hellenistic glaze (one complete^{P 1614} profile). The bases of 6 fus. unguent., 1 of coarse local textures, 1 fine brown clay with large grey core + polished grey surface, the rest fine buff to reddish; appear at least as early as 2^nd cent. 1/2 foot of stemless unguent. Local ware. Another handle frag. of [illegible]

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(6/VI/41) I was in Limassol (hospital). 2nd tour with Bette then [margin left: 7 in lot. 65, mostly back ca. 32] 7/VI/41 Prepare to open [^?] the long stone in the dromos of Tombs 9, 1 Section of dromos has been drawn. NW end, the covering rock comes down in rough steep steps, which have been phot. \118.6155/ but no section made, as probably shape changed by our digging p. 141 and our jumping in and out.

Removing small stones, digging in a bit, find width of stone: .75. No continuation at end - single stones. Ten "rock" dug away back is mixed with earth, unlike the fringes on to front, evidently fallen, indicating a hollowed place, presumably a burial. A good deal of reddish, sandy dark brown earth, mixed with shove chavara, in this NW end where we are digging (where the higher side of the dromos is not preserved high as it is to SE). No sherds.

Becomes clear that earth and rock are not mostly a mixture, but the rock is toward the cut stone, the dark sandy earth beyond, the rock forming an