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Kition. 1929
30/9Arrival at Larnaca and moving into Kiria-despini Chocolatou's house opposite the ruins at the topotesia Bamboula. Organisation and engaging of workmen, who must be paid 2 sh per day, an outrageous robbers' price, conditioned by the bad habits of the port town.
1 Oct. Beginning of the excavation. Of the old Kition ruins, massive amounts of layers were cut away many years ago when the ancient harbour was filled in. The traces of these cutting works are best seen at a remaining part of the ruin mound with vertical walls over 3 m high. The layers in this remaining part are Roman. By excavating next to such a wall one would thus with certainty bypass the corresponding depth of Roman layers and probably quite soon reach the deeper, more interesting ones, which are probably also undisturbed, especially close to the wall, by later excavations. At the same time, one obtains a complete section with the Roman … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain