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… depth, the rock limestone layer is reached.
To finish clearing of the Palace towards its NW corner, we have put the 11 of the 12 remaining workmen on piece-work. They adopt the system of They must clear the remaining volume of earth and which George told me was fair for the normal work of 3 days; when the work is finished, they will be free, and will receive 3 days' pay. We shall see what this gives. One condition for this work is that they must take care over the sherds. They put this great eagerness into this work and hope to finish it in 1 day. They take turns, digging at times, and shovelling at other times the earth.
QN12 D Tomb 2 Verification made on the heap of sherds which procome from this looted tomb where were found the finest Mycenaean sherds of this campaign; there is nothing there of late: no late Mycenaean sherd, no sub-Mycenaean sherd. The most recent seems to me the late base-ring ware with white lines, of which a small vase was found (not yet inventoried yet).
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain