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 9 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 9 of 103

15 pieces of chavara, in much whitish fill). Perceive with regret that they are parts of "44-46 alabastra" made of chavara. Position of at least one 46 (of the 2 inadvertently removed) later established by finding its lip in positioninverted)/, and the other disturbed piece seems to join on to frag. still in situ also. 3 of them five altogether, the other those not inverted have lost their lips, apparently old breaks.

14/V/40 (after some rain before dawn, and during further showers in the morning) Cleared further near late (?) entrance where had been fallen stones, cleaning up "44-46 alabastra". Taking down more of earth bed of pot #1 Sandy earth much whiteness both in general and in spots - fall from overhead. E of center [margin left: Bone at highest, level .73 below nail

Red: 6.229

#47lowest, down to .78 [red: 6.274]] resting place of #1, vestiges of bone very hard to clear, up to .04 or .05 higher than resting surface of #1. NW of them .20 m so winding insect (?) tunnels quite distinct in fill. Further NW cleared iron object .24 long which seems to rest

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16 [margin left: [bracketed: level of iron object .725 below nail (taken on top, but whole either or no corrosion) [underline: level of lower tip of inverted alabastron .78 below nail] [pencil: cf. p. 188 .805] Drawing no [illegible]] on same level as tips of lower "alabastra". Note another iron object (clamp) among loose stones in doorway #46 attempting to take down this higher part in some orderly way, in case possible to see layers from here down to general level earlier reached in rest of tomb. Very difficult, because fill very mixed and hard, & not clear what slope may be expected from entrance. Clear more bones, a good patch ca. half way between alabastra and unguentaria32, 33 [illegible], which [red: 6.354] slopes down well W to E roughly from level ca .78 to ca. .86 below levelling nail. B.M.H. calling, recognizes human tooth, part of pelvis (?) rib, frags of lightboned person (child or woman). NW of "big nail" [strike through]is[/strike through] (see plan) .20 to .40 from nail, a jaw and some pieces of bone (jaw with worn teeth, its level .81 below nail). [red: or 6.304] 5.494 .78 6.274 6.229

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

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