Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 5·March–April 1949

G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis VIII Mar.–Apr. 1949George H. McFadden

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

Scan 9 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 5 (G. H. McFadden, Ayios Ermoyenis VIII Mar.–Apr. 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 9 of 39

Scale 1:20 Looking west on 2 strat 2 Grid A, south 0 - 1.50m.

3 2

Drawing: section diagram

sand mixed with some chunks of chavara - no stones 0.75 to 1.15 below top wall wall depth 0.75 - 1.15 sand mixed with some chunks of chavara - no stones]

Right page

DIARY 1416 28 March cont fr p. 1412 from top of wall to 0.60 m. below it

Removed Grid E++, north 18-20, p 1405 - 2⑥. Strat 2⑥ contained many stones - averaging fist size from 18 to 19 north - much fewer from 19 to 20 north. Strat 2⑥ contained sandy soil only - probably ploughed up silt. Began removing Grid A-I 3 cm to 15 cm below ground level of Roman road in ancient trench north 4 - 5 In Pit 60 removed page 1413 - 2, a fill of sand, chunks of chavara & earth all mixed. One large stone measuring about 0.55 m in diam. came out of this fill - otherwise few stones & not larger on whole than fist size; one other about 0.18 m in diam. Dug in Pit 60 behind terrace wall, 0.50 - 1.10 m below top of wall, near A, but only to depth of .60 below wall east of A, to A - 100 - B in strat 3. Removed fill in ancient trench south from ground level going with Roman road to a depth of 10 cm to A- I house. about 3 m north on average. This trench is not yet clear whether it was a footing trench or a drain. cont. p.

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

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