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 80 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 80 of 100

757 the workings could be seen in fairly consistent layers in chevara the top part found the pebble like surface in of the large calcination of the workings consists of a bottom layer of chovara, a 2nd of soft earth, a very light grey, a 3rd gravel & red earth mixed and probably the scrapings from the present door large slabs. The upper layer of the tomb breakings & it took in only the upper end of the dromos where in cavity there is a little sand mixed with the earth not clay in stratum 2 - [illegible] the sand stratum 3

the rock was found here at 138 cm below P. slab.

26/5/41belongs to [written below: #19] [written below: #11] # 4
# 14A

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Tomb 8 758

GL 54P 16461. Glass Bottle. broken, neck & mouth missing. Lying over sherd of large pot # 19 imbedded in the clay which fills [illegible] area & by a pebble probably placed by former sweepers over it surrounded by earth excepted & is very soft little chovara & earth fill well mixed. 105 cm. below top of door Tomb # 13 12 cm higher than W. side of top of door film 67-3 (see note on # 13.) see film 67-4 (p. 759) glass pipe found at proper level on chovara fill did not extend as far E. as the other contp. 760

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

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