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 9 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 9 of 48

21 | DIARY Trench 4 cont | The rock is everywhere [ammokhavara in Greek characters: αμμο-χαβαρα] If one were to dig deeper near S. corner he might find the archaic tomb from which these sherds + pots came.

cont. pag 88

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DIARY | 22 Trench 5 cont. | rock of [ammokhavara in Greek characters: αμμο-χαβαρα] At tomb end of left is a flat stone which clearly belonged to the stomio but it is not in situ. It is upright however one of the flat sides facing the dromos with the bottom very nearly reaching the floor of the dromos and the top being up against the lower edge of a very long stone

Margin left: [illegible, ~1 word

possibly too high to be in situ?] | [ placed here to support the roof of the tomb. Only the side facing the dromos is visible. See Film 166-19. As I study the position of the door stone more carefully it seems to be almost in situ. as placed after some burial in the tomb. It is probably only one of two or more that closed the entrance - the most n. easterly one, but it may have been the

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

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