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 53 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.

Page 104Scan 53 of 101

6w 2 = hard tuff small stones & clayas no sherds

7w = sand & river stones of varying size

145 10

Drawing: stepped pit outline with layers

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Labels on sketch:

earth, sand up to s&w heavy river sand 2e very sandy & clean soil p 87 earth sand gravel few stones like intrusion p. 87 2 4e earth: sand pebbles few stones p 44 like 2 but separated tof 3e much the sam as 4e debris 5e-2.135 sup chavava 6e x Rock y

End of labels on sketch

6W. 2 sup. 105 7W

590 See plan p 11.16 section a b y d

PIT 64

Right page

Diary cont v. p. 98 April 22. cont At depth of 580 in Tomb 40 disturbed recent opening kept mostly cleared by night caller. Deepened to reveal a rotten celery found not disturbed. See cleared pit 81, 79, 99. from section. Continued clearing central rectangular trench in doublet shape Tomb in Pit 45. 7.40 to 6. – Cont continued depth east to depth of Pit 64 to depth of 72.50. Continued Pit 42 north part to depth of 254.

cont p. 106

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

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