Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 4·November 1941–March 1949

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis VII Nov. 1941–Mar. 1949George H. McFadden

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

Scan 55 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 4 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis VII Nov. 1941–Mar. 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 55 of 95

1305 PIT 73 See plan page 1303 Scale 1:100 Looking southwest

Drawing: section diagram of Pit 73; labels: 0, 4, 8, 10, 0-4 = 3 bags, ploughed up sandy soil 1, 8-10 = 2 bags, 4-8 = 2 bags, no debris, 2 sandy soil, 3@ very sandy clay soil, 3 a few stones, 3b, tomb mon., debris, no stones 2, undug, 3@, Seep 1417-2b

2 - Some Roman sherds

Right page

Diary 1306

Began removing part of Pit 73 dump in vicinity of trenches that is on either side of south end of Pit to enable us to widen south extension

Oct 15S. Extension of PIT 73 widened to east and w. [south 0-4) east and west 0-4. Digging first stratum here only. Digging 2nd stratum of S. extension 0-10, except fallen debris consisting of some large stones which I am not removing for the present.

Began digging second stratum of PIT 64 north extension 0-2 See Film 96. #4 & see plan p. 1299

Continuing to remove old dumps on either side of PIT 73.

6 wheel barrow boys - 12 wheelbarrows 5 pick men 8 shovel "

continued p. 1308

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

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