Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 10·1939 and 1947

J. H. Young, II Atmeidan 1939, 1947John Howard Young

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

Scan 6 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 10 (J. H. Young, II Atmeidan 1939, 1947), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 6 of 92

11. May 24th Χαντζάκι 1 - Σ - X

ΣTYΦΨXΩ

Drawing: grid showing areas Σ, T, Y, Φ, Ψ, X, Ω with walls; labels: KΔ, W1, W2, W3, X

In this whole section the top earth is grey, and very soft. Σ and T reach, in about 10 cm., a fill of loose earth and small stones which slopes up the wall. Y has a layer stones, the earth is redder. In Φ & Y outside the wall the earth is extremely soft and white. Photo 23 - shows these stones (fallen) in place before removed. May 25th The καβάφα cleared removed deeper, until a red layer appeared. Section X was bought down to dark red level; section Ω was opened and brought to same. Photo 29 - Sections 17 - Φ from N, showing three strata - above black & stony, next dark red, and on bedrock light red. Photo 30 - View of trench from N, with white earth removed & one layer of flatbed dirt

Margin left: photo above

Drawing: cross-section; labels: Dark, White, Light red, Surface

May 30Work was resumed here by Sophocles, who this morning removed the loose earth & small stones from Σ. [illegible] P [illegible], [well] down, was found a small cup bag of Hellenistic type (drawing)

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24. 12.

In thesections T this afternoon we found a preserved course of either seats or steps. Upon the central block is inscribed K Δ. June 2nd: Photograph, 16-view T - Φ when cleared, showing rib wall at W, two rows of blocks with KΔ block, and upper course of stones. ii, 17 : KΔ inscription ii, 18 : Star on block above & W of KΔ.

Drawing: vertical section of slope and blocks; labels: X, 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., (drawing) III - Black brown, II - Coarse dirt + mud + pebbles, III - Reddish brown, [circles] - Stone filling

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

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