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DIARY 31-2 April.
[margin left: Kaloriziki Tomb #40 "gold scepter" tomb] As well as digging with team of two men at Apollo Christo with 4 men explored outcrop at Kaloriziki in search of tomb from which gold scepter now in Cyprus Museum is said to have come. One Savvas possibly aided by Sokrates dug tomb to loot 45 + years ago (Christo's computation) In their attempt to sell the find at Larnaka Famusta or Nicosia the find was seized by the police. Sokrates and a friend went by name of Savvas [margin left: Socrates, Marco (dead) Savvas (dead) dug tomb 45 years ago Sl. being boy at time watched. He indicated place to dig. Socrates too ill to come down.] Marco + Savvas indicated approx. location to Christo. The Museum about same time 45 years ago or soon after the tomb had been rifled redug it but Christo thought that very possibly some finds had been left behind. Draughtsman's plan will show location of tomb which I am giving the tentative name of X. The tomb was found full of
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain