Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 9·1952 and 1954

G. H. McFadden, Kaloriziki 1952 + Benson 1954George H. McFadden and Jack L. Benson

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

Scan 13 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 9 (G. H. McFadden, Kaloriziki 1952 + Benson 1954), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 13 of 48

Right page

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[margin left: Trench 10] Dug Trench 10 to bottom of level - 2.07m within a rock hewn dromos, removing fill of an intrusive pit. Bedrock level - 0.83m. The intrusive pit covers entire area dug. Fill of pit contained sandy soil bits of chavara very small, up to 1 to 2cm, many stones averaging from fist, foot to bucket size. About 1/3 bucket full sherds - Bucchero and sub Myc.

[margin left: Trench 9] Dug Trench 9 to depth - 1.68 compact soft sandy soil - no sign of any intrusive pit - no stones at all. About 1/5th bucket of sherds (sub Mycenaean & pseudo-Bucchero). Found 2 sides of middle of rockhewn dromos at north end of trench. See draughtsman's plan. Bedrock at - 1.10m.

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

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