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 71 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.

Page 144Scan 71 of 87

May 168.30 a m. Theater Stake in earth on NW part of stage? (x on stone floor)

This line123° 44'E of N & R
" H103-38 1/2
- 2 zalmh' 104 l233.26?
E (approx)254.14
up 100 for stake H/ 10°8'36.50
" " " " h'/ 12-10-36.20
" " " on N wing/ 9.5116.10+343° N 1/4'

Drawing: labeled point with "3.33 from ⊙" and cross "135 1/2", wall, ⊙ 75x, cross, "stake 2.71 from ⊙", "stake / from h' (l - 2') / 18 m"

At stake Mach up 1.405

wall at up [illegible] 75x of sketch2.45-
plaster floor 10 m fr mach- 2.55
iron bolt & can near seats- 2.41
another there? foot of seats (91°38 1/2)- 2.55 63 5
possible seat c 70 from south prob- 2.34
next seat lower row (c 1.90 " )- 1.895
SE seat block (4 from NW ) bottom row- 1.54
next (higher ) on thin prob- 1.43
level block near eastern W end- 0.20
zaloni of h' - 104 lineline c 5" from top
" on floor foot of curved wall3.295
sotto-pro?: back side of wall opp ⊙2.87

Drawing: right triangle labeled 3 33, 50, W, 2.21, with notes to the right: "for the 2.55 plaster / next ftr 30-35 l-on sq 245-290 / & the ftr [illegible] 50 low stalk c 335-340"

May 18h' - G350.7 1/2
n w edge of NW wingTheat264.30 1/2
⊙ [illegible] pavement up 1.4014.20' dist 37.
direct240.29 1/2
>32 < 12 1/2 > 32

Painting on curved wall

Surface of plaster darkly blue, apparently plain has not been cleaned. No design evident in panels not white with decoration

Right page

May 21 Stake in the 123° 44' line 2.5 ft fr. [illegible] East side of trench east wing of theater

d.⊙ H

Drawing: layout of trench, wall, with labels: looking up trench to N [illegible], this foot in heavy wall call it ε, 9.85, + d, d-ε = 2.21, d-ε

Machine at stake on West arm call it H^2 H^2 (+ 1.44)

- h^184.2934.25+/ 3.53 + 2
H119.53 1/234.0[line to left] 32 1/2 + 2
ε133-23 1/242.0[arrow 4.00] 2.29 - 2
d136-344.-[arrow 0.22] 6.29 - 2
c163-1817[line to left] 3.88[arrow 4.00] 1.31 - 2
zaloni in h' 104 line225-4999.50 m[bracket encompassing 16.4-2, 17.5, 1.00] 26.6-2

Continued above, rightmost column: 3.00, 2.23-0

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

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