Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 14·May–July 1940

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis II May–Jul. 1940George H. McFadden

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

Scan 90 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 14 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis II May–Jul. 1940), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 14, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 90 of 99

377 | Diary Destroyed part of first layer but found little could not be differentiated in general.

Certain points are clear: (1) All the good quais given to the floor coursed in motion - tumbled in after first falling is clear from the stratum. (2) That if you neglected in judgment some times tilt all the quarry blocks left of the footing are done with the clear driving - side spring facing cut off [illegible] This is born out by 0 to runway to the edge to the sarcophagus floor (see p. 376)

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Diary378

July 4 Cleared floor under the lid of the sarcocophogus. pu 1- [illegible] at 31.40. Edge runs 70 falling towards deep under outer edge. East end of the lid diameter 7 the whole was widened upon a level circle, rather than oval. A thick 9 near layer of dry clay or sceptic forced basement fill of sand, small chovara stones decomposed bone varying to dark colour to gray. Near centre was a stone of about 15 cm. diameter. Near to that a Roman lamp Broneer Type 22

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

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