Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 13·1940

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis I 1940George H. McFadden

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 39 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 13 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis I 1940), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 39 of 101

75 | Diary April 16 cont. cont fr. p. 74 pit 50 Same as yesterday to depth of 3.50 (Socrates) found 6 more small gravies Huge tomb - possibly royal Continued Pit 19 (drain) as yesterday to depth of 5.05 cm.

Recontinued P. 64 to depth of 225 earth, sand & small stones, Flated stones & different sizes up to 140 cm. (Kouii II)

April 17 Continued digging in following pits 46, 19, 10, 37, 43, 42, 64 & Began Pit 48

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Diary | 76 Began digging west dromos of Pit 46 leaving a profile on west side of dromos. Stratum so far in dromos same fallen fill of stones & earth underneath. Found few more sherds here (then sand.) As found in rest of trench over dromos & other part of Pit 46. Dug also upper part of crumbling mortared round building up to chavara & rock that forms support tomb probably next later thy them underneath but it thin as so it would be dangerous to undermine earth fill filled in and so this is left undisturbed. Fallen layer of chip rock lying being found 50 cm. below top of chappara rock & probably fell from it. (Hambali)

Cont p. 77

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

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