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2nd day of work. Tuesday 7 Nov. fine. Bring the number of workmen to 43. – Tractors & traxcavator for loading arrive for removal of earth. We find 1 large pithi. Purchases at Famagusta. Deposit Commissioner's card. Information for return boats. Post. Afternoon sent off proofs of Ug. IV on which I worked until 3h 1/2.
3rd day of work. Wednesday 8 Nov. fine. We find in level superficial, Iron I with late bucchero and wavy line cups 7 balls in t.c. with Cypriot inscriptions in a very tight radius by same workmen. – Abolished inconvenient system of bags for placing pottery on top by workmen, by buckets in plastic of different colours where pot. is visible during excavation and easy to sort by de C. and Court. – Bought from factory at Fam. in the morning. – Letters. Installed tents, one of which for me to work in view of the excavations.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain