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Oct. 15 Saturday, 7th day of excavations I do not see the work until my return from Nicosia (where I searched Friday afternoon Odile arrived at 2 h 30 by plane from Beirut), at 11 c. – During my absence was found in an old excavation ancient a fairly fine engraved cylinder of stone (Syrian type) and a seal of the aje type of Iron in a demolished wall by us from the 1st level. The fine building tr. S. 1 (extr. W., continues in the trench parallel called trench South 2 (tr. S. 2). – 11 c pay. Saturday afternoon no excavation. Rest, letters. Evening Mr Kuschke arrives.
Oct. 16. Sunday Morning visit Salamis and bath. Afternoon rest, beds, letters. – Arrangements to meet the strike, announced for Monday.
Oct. 17 Monday, 8th day of excavations. Continuation of the excavations. At the fine building tr. S 1+2 we now recognise a floor levelled immediately at the surface of
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain