Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 1·April–May 1941

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis IV Apr.–May 1941George H. McFadden

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

Scan 78 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 1 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis IV Apr.–May 1941), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 78 of 100

753 Tomb 8

Level 6 Fill chopped rock now goes down into all but a way. On 1/2 of west redish sand light in color in the fill a little gravel + a few sherds. Layer of brownish red sand thin layer visible in west face thickens towards center. Under it about 1/5 of the depth of the door approx fill toward south is a stratum of like that of the depth [illegible] of the chamber in 7. It is to the right of center of dromos. The sand is by far the most of about 3/4

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Tomb 8 754

fill and took up farther progress level of road stepped down to 7 cm highest portion of dromos. It is doubtful if fill represented in fill begins or rock being soft here + rock even dull on the occasion.

Strata immediately under surface earth covered by earth like covering 7- much like the open & eastern end of Kourion instead of the 4 or more strata on west end. A thin layer of sand + gravel on similar to stratum 4 & 4b + 4c west end of 8- this layer comes directly under stratum of sandbroken in center by eastern end of south trench.

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

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