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[margin left: S.E. Bldg. stairway] DIARY 6 Dec. cont. Mr. Hill continuing to restore S.E. Bldg. stairway. See Film 161-1 and 14. Masons Panayiotis & Stephanis. Christo foreman.
7 Dec.'51 [margin left: W. of porch of Cur. Gate pipe. line] Dug small trench at 1.80 - 2.25 m W. of W-porch of Curium Gate to see whether there were any extant traces of pipe line coming from s. of votive deposit (3 Altar?). None found. Dug to depth of 0.39 m. See Film 162-15. About 1/8 bucket sherds including ribbed wares. all thrown out. No tiles. Refilling trench - sherds left at bottom.
[margin left: W. of Curium Gate porch 2923-1] Sunk small trench (pit) at. juncture of Curium Gate porch wall
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DIARY [margin left: W. of Cur. Gate porch 2923-1] and main drain, Removed 2923-1, loose brown earth, moderate number of stones measuring on average less than fist size. about 3 handfuls of sherds. 4 tile frags which I have thrown out, and lamp F 1953.
F 1954F 1955F 1956[margin left: Curium Gate landing 2915-2] Removed Curium Gate east landing, 2.35 m - 3.25 n. of S. wall, 2915-2, same as 2915-1 but containing part of large worked block which I am placing at w end s.w. corner of Gate wall. About 1/3 bucket sherds, about 1/2 bucket tiles, and 17 pipe frags, F 1954, 2 figurine frags F 1955 and glass F 1956. No other finds. Stacking tiles behind orthostates on landing wall. See Film 162-16.
[margin left: W. of Cur. Gate porch] Removed W. of Curium Porch Gate porch, just
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain