Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 2·May–July 1941

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis V May–Jul. 1941George H. McFadden

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

Scan 31 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 2 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis V May–Jul. 1941), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 2, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 31 of 98

857 Diary occur together in pockets or crusts of the soft clay itself the deeper one goes. At the deeper or lowest 40 cm the konglomerate varied of course, not being soft plyable. Conglomerate distinction most evident on East section of tomb entrance. The difference observed 370 off E. S. E. Where khavara was cut in a drop khavara felt hard, took more konglomerate, conglomerate konglomerate of stones grows to sand the deeper konglomerate covered by so-called Toarbidho vrachos which is khavara rock.

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Diary 858 of course is native rock.

Filling Pits 84

June 7(Saturday) Removed Finds # 100 - 114 from Tomb 8.

June 9+ 10 Removed Finds #115 - 133 Tomb 8.

June 10 John Nicola still digging crypt 5. Poor Giacoba & his 5th stratum between skeletons along

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

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