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 8 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 8 of 48

17 Trench 4 cont.

Pencil: × P 2269

DIARY

[7] Juglet complete save for bit of horizontal wire rim - otherwise unbroken Flat base. Handle from shoulder to ridge on neck.

same provenance level 0.95 m by no [6]

In addition to above numbered finds removed also 1/4 bucket bucket sherds which came from various parts of trench and various levels.

The soil filling the everywhere is about the same - light brown very sandy soil - 6 to 7 rough stones from foot to bucket size - otherwise hardly any stones at all. these stones came from S. corner level about cent. 0.40m level

Right page

DIARY 20 5-10 Apr. 52 Dug Trench 5 down to bedrock and into the rock hewn dromos down to floor of dromos and .40 into bedrock below level of floor. Christis did this to assure himself that the soft sand was actually bedrock and not simply very sandy soil. Dug out only the tomb end of the dromos. The fill of the dromos shows that an intrusive pit reached down here to the floor of the dromos throughout the part of the dromos which we have dug out. mixed soil and sand and about 2 wheel barrow loads of rough stones from half s foot to foot in size. As one faces the tomb there is on the right a built up stone stele consisting of the same size stones. possibly this was to re-enforce the crumbling

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

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