Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 6·1936–1937

B. H. Hill, II Surveys 1936–1937Bert Hodge Hill

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

Scan 16 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 6 (B. H. Hill, II Surveys 1936–1937), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 16 of 63

Continued from p. 31

… under E 10-11 found anvertible on top patina extends 85 thence ca 5 higher

Drawing: vertical section of block; labels: N, 115

Drawing: blocks labelled E4, E3, Δ3, Δ4] rough view of blocks agst

temple covli ab line Δ-E the three Es piled one top of other, Δ3+Δ4 ditto N. corner of Δ4 rests a little on NE. cn. of E3

E 3 -44 NEΔ 3 -23 SEE4 -25 SE
E 5 -18 ENE part badly broken.
Δ 4 -18 SE

E 5 NE | 69 + 1.11 96 corn ab -1.14 | 1.01 E end of E 8 | 97 93 80 + 89 7.36

Drawing: plan with arrow and dimensions; labels: 62, 28, N

Table

Δ
1leans agst 2
2
3
43
5E side over 4
6on 10
7E pass of 10
8E edge of pass 9+8
9on 8 - on of 10
12agst 11
10 + 11 on 14

Right page

or. block set as in third row to horizontal stri (N.l. as on face in N. wall of temple = l.s. niz nrvs) ca 20 - - -

Δ1:Or. (-30 - 50 S.) face SE. much weathered
n. end broken off. 69 × 48 × 25-

Δ 2: | Or (-34 - 63 W.) face up. E corner agst temp. face to s or s end very badly weathered pibly a good deal of weathering since block fell 1.10/1.11 × 49+ × 30- 54 fin to joint of next course

Δ 3: | Or (-32-55 SE) face up n end broken face very badly weathered 96 × 48,5 × ?34

E 2: | Or. (-02 - 42 E 1/2 N.) face up & E (bottom/up on N) fairly well preserved. top face shows a good deal of rain-pitting. Upper nt corner gougd (was out mod. surface i.e.) s end broken & rain ptd 1.01+ × 475 × 20-22 face rusticated w. dftg

Δ 4: | Or (-42 - 65 SE.) face down rusticate 97 × 49,5-50 × 22- joint somewhere abt corner back a good deal weathered especially higher part as it lay both l corners to NE. Lay under Δ 3

E 3: | Or: (-21 - 64 NE) usd with face leaning dom W complete. Rusticated wdftg. Shelly stone. 93 × 48 × 27

Δ 5: | Or. (-22 -42 E) face down both l N. c 80 × 48 × 22-26 n broken off dftd rustic l end much weather after fall (upper part as the block lay)

Δ 6: | ? 59 × 42+ × 22 may thickness perhaps original (-53) only seem present surface E as it lay. ? may have been part of a trig/met stripe cn. cursc?

Δ 7: | or? -44 -61 E rested partly on 48 70 × 53 × 26-29 E edge as block lay now very irregular W cn weathered but original

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

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