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 14 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 14 of 48

Right page

DIARY

Trench9cont.dromosHave not removed any fill from dromos, which appears to be undisturbed. This tomb should be dug if we want to find any more sub Mycenaean tombs when we have more time to dig them. See Film 166 - 32 I see now that tomb in trench 8 is almost certainly the tomb to which the dromos in trench 9 leads. See Trench 8.

Trench8 11only very sandy soilFinished digging Trench 11 dug here into bedrock No finds - no stones without realizing it, it being so soft here - + like compact sand - down to level - 2.44 m. Top level of bedrock is at 1.24 m. See Film 167 - 3 Filling this up today 16 Apr. 52

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

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