Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5·June 1934–December 1935

B. H. Hill, I Site levels June 1934–Dec. 1935Bert Hodge Hill

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

Scan 37 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5 (B. H. Hill, I Site levels June 1934–Dec. 1935), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 37 of 87

JFD. pp. 6-10-13, 16, 18, 20-21, 24-29, 31-32, 38-39, 44-45, 121-123

Trench III. May 29 begun 1.50 × 24. cont. May 30 at H 3 amphorae in situ. May 31 extend trench to 36 m. Owing to looseness of fill banks insecure & impossible to keep trench narrow. It becomes generally 2 to 2.50 wide in E-Z left undug. A-Δ expended westward to 3.00 & triangle T May 31-June 1 H-K similarly extended to ca 3.50 June 4-8 continue " 8-9 (or 11?) clear dumps from S. end of trench preparatory to extend ing it both east & west, there June 13-16 dig on broadened sections O to T. Final form of for trench, approximately as shown on opposite page

DepthNo. sherdsBlk } Hellenistic Red } Ptd }PergameneItalicaSamianPolished MottledBrown "Airan"LampsDate inferred
1.95 - 2.60353167213950 AD150 AD - 50 AD
2.60 - 2.8087564221450 AD - 50 BC
2.80 - 3.0013191150 - 150 BC
3.00 - 3.1083311250 - 200 BC
3.10 - 3.20213d BC
14551834115253

Agora Athens stamped Rhodian earlier than plain

Right page

+147-157-23.75

Drawing: plan of trench showing expanding and narrowing sections with grid and letters along right edge:

A B Γ Δ E Z H Θ I K Λ M N Ξ O Π P Σ T

-25.75

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

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