Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 4·November 1941–March 1942

V. Grace, Ayios Ermoyenis II Nov. 1941–Mar. 1942Virginia Randolph Grace

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

Scan 4 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 4 (V. Grace, Ayios Ermoyenis II Nov. 1941–Mar. 1942), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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ShurdsP. 379, 27 30/x/41, Tr. 43/75, fill over N end of Wall C, Stratum 3: ER? piece of red-glazed ware like that mentioned p. 111 in sherds [6]; piece of bluish transparent blown glass; another frag., red glazed on one side, may be Roman (heavy bowl?); rest seems to be Hell., including frags. of pots of casserole ware; in Hellenic local coarse ware, 1 piece of pottery alabastron, piece of lekane; imported (?) Hell. black-glazed ware, pieces of grey-glazed thin on outside, part of neck & rim of vessel like P 1523 (large unguentarium).

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(29/xi/41) (30/x/41) pockets of sand in the harder white fill, which when cleared leave a rough surface varying .15 to .20 in level. [Note added later - should have changed sherds at this level, for date of Wall B. L.G. in section diagram p. 107, the level of the lowest visible part of Wall B.] If digging further ever, do so . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leave a small sample (2) ca. .30 high over Wall C to show continuous fill. Cleared down and found the corner of Wall C, which ends as expected. To N of it, irregular pebble rock surface at .10 to .25 (toward W) below it. Along wall, rock ends .35 or less short of Wall C(?), according to digger - loose earth and stones. Clear up to Wall B to have a look at its side, and try to get its junction with the stony stratum too, but too much of that taken down before to have time to make a good job today. "1/XI/41 G. met in town in the morning. His men finished what they can do without him about 9:45 A.M. Cutting down now corner (3) for good scarp showing where stony floor meets Wall B. N.B., jutens out toward wall. Sherds

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

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