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Basket/zembil 81 30 209 Trench I, N I [p. 208]
I have put the men from G into a new section further to the northwest - section N.
[p. 209]
Section N. N I 0.00-0.35 below ground.
A good many sherds ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 31 217 Trench I, J In trench J we are still pursuing the walls which run off to the sides. There is a complex of walls to the west. One wall also crosses to east.
[Tzonou-Herbst= same ... 1915/06/04 |
Basket/zembil 81 32 217 Trench I, L I extension Section L we are widening to double its width. This is to give us room to dig down deep inside the walls which have appeared.
L I extension 0.00-0.20 ... based on inventoried pottery |
Basket/zembil 81 33 217 Trench I, N II Section N we are finishing level II 0.35-0.60 deep.
N II 0.35-0.60: a good many pieces of poor Mycenaean.
Note spindle whorl of steatite.
[p. 357]
N II 0.35-0.60 ... LH IIIC based on inventoried pottery |
Basket/zembil 81 34 217 Trench I, J extension From extension N.E. from J following a wall we gathered some sherds. These to a depth of 1-0.40.
[James and Nakassis= depth is probably 0-0.40]
[Tzonou-Herbst= ... 1915/06/04 |
Basket/zembil 81 35 219 Trench I, L II extension In section L we have found a floor level at 0.35 below ground. Above this level we found numerous fragments of a large pithos. The floor itself is made ... LH IIIB2/IIIC Early based on inventoried pottery |
Basket/zembil 81 36 219 Trench I, N III N III 0.60-0.80. Largely Mycenaean sherds of medium quality. Note large wheelmade {sketo} sherd.
[p. 357]
N III 0.60-0.80
Mycenaean LM III most of tray.
Minyan ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 37 219 Trench I, N IV N IV 0.80-1.05. Considerable no. of Mycenaean: several rather good ones. Note fragm. of upper part of a kylix. Also stem of another kylix.
[p. 357]
N IV 0.80-1.05 ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 38 219 Trench I, N V N V 1.05-1.15. Several bits of good Mycenaean. A few of mattmalerei and some Urfirnis.
In N at depth of 1.15 is a definite strosis in SE part central part of ... LH II |
Basket/zembil 81 39 220 House L, south east and west walls We have been chasing walls all afternoon and the result is as follows. The hearth appears to be near the center of a megaron-like house. The ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 40 221 House L, rear wall We work again at Ephyra with 10 men. We are clearing away earth over the house and trying to find the rear wall.
[p. 222]
In the megaron house L, we are uncovering ... 1915/06/05 |
Basket/zembil 81 41 221 Trench P I Ca. 40 m to the west we are beginning a new trench running N and S in a section ca. 5.00 long. North of this in the edge of the bluff a certain amount of stratification ... 1915/06/05 |
Basket/zembil 81 42 221 Trench P II P II 0.25-0.50. Chiefly Mycenaean but contains some fragments which are "merely Hellenic." The earth in places begins to look like disintegrated mudbrick.
In ... 1915/06/05 |
Basket/zembil 81 43 222 Trench P III P III 0.50-0.80. Chiefly Mycenaean. One or two good Mycenaean pots. One on local {grayish} green clay. 6 or 8 fragments fit together. One stem of kylix with ... LH IIIC |
Basket/zembil 81 44 222 Trench R I This afternoon we began a new section on the edge of the bluff north of P. I call this "R." It runs E-W but we shall also dig south towards P.
[p. 223, 7 June 1916] ... 1915/06/05 |
Basket/zembil 81 45 223 House L, entrance clearing 11 men on the dig at Ephyra. We are clearing up the entrance to the megaron house. Just outside the wall and in line with the good interior column base ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 46 223 House L, south face of rear wall We are also clearing the south face of the rear wall of the megaron and Michali is digging around the good column base.
[p. 224]
We have now cleared ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 47 223 House L, around good column base (=L II) We are also clearing the south face of the rear wall of the megaron and Michali is digging around the good column base ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 48 223 Trench P IV P IV 0.80-1.02. (Some of this went up to museum yesterday I think). Largely Mycenaean sherds. Some characteristic ones look like rather good pieces of LM I or ... LH IIIC |
Basket/zembil 81 49 224 Trench P V P V 1.02-1.20. Mycenaean level. Looks chiefly LM III but some pieces may be LM II.
In trench P we find another floor level at 1.20 below ground. At south end of ... LH IIIB-C transition? |
Basket/zembil 81 50 224 Trench P VI P VI 1.20-1.40. This level very rich in sherds. Two baskets. Some Mycenaean fragments, some local Corinthian but chief feature of the level are sherds of Minyan ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 51 225 Trench P VII P VII 1.40-1.60. A good many Minyan sherds and an equal number, I think, of Mattmalerei. One or two bits of Mycenaean, I believe.
[p. 360]
P VII 1.40-1.60
LM ... MH with 3 Mycenaean; mixed level |
Basket/zembil 81 52 226 Trench P VIII P VIII 1.60-1.85. Characterized by a good deal of Minyan and some Mattmalerei. Some of latter is local. I think Urfirnis is beginning to appear. One piece ... 1915/06/08 |
Basket/zembil 81 53 226 Trench P IX P IX 1.85-2.05. Some poor Urfirnis and one of which many pieces are preserved - good Urfirnis with incised decoration, a terracotta spindle whorl.
[p. 227, 9 ... 1915/06/08 |
Basket/zembil 81 54 226 Trench P X P X 2.05-2.25. Very poor coarse sherds. Look like Urfirnis.
[p. 363]
P X 2.05-2.25
Mostly coarse ware and this is largely Urfirnis i.e. has thin coat of Urf ... 1915/06/08 |
Basket/zembil 81 55 226 Trench R II, south extension R II Two baskets. One labelled R II 0.40-0.60 from south extension has some good LM III painted pots in it ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 56 226 Trench R II, NW and W of large stone threshold Other marked R II 0.40-0.60-0.75 has fragments from N.W. and W. of large stone threshold. Some good ones here too (Mycenaean).
The ... LH III |
Basket/zembil 81 57 227 Trench P XI P XI 2.25-2.50. Urfirnis some rather early looking sherds. At 2.25 is stratum of black earth again. Looks like effect of fire.
At 2.45 is a wall running north ... 1915/06/08 |
Basket/zembil 81 58 227 Clearing walls between R and P We are clearing some of the walls south of section R (to P) ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 59 227 Trench P XII P XII 2.50-2.80. Urfirnis of early type.
[p. 363]
P XII 2.50-2.80
Urfirnis characteristic a thin brown black wash on coarse sherds incl. frag. of pithos and ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 60 227 Trench P XIII P XIII 2.80-3.00. Some sherds of good Urfirnis. A terracotta spindlewhorl and a small round ball.
[p. 364]
P XIII 2.80-3.00
Urfirnis characteristic the wash ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 61 228 Trench P XIV P XIV Fairly rich in sherds considering depth. Mostly plain Urfirnis and largely coarse.
3.00-3.20
[p. 364]
P XIV 3.00-3.20
Urfirnis (thin wash) a fair number ... based on inventoried pottery |
Basket/zembil 81 62 228 R II, Altar Around the altar we have been clearing away leaving a small scarp with stratification to east. Some good Mycenaean pottery in R II 0.40-0.65 in this region. Also at ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 63 229 R, north of threshold (=R II) North of the threshold stone in the face of the bluff we are going down to lower levels. Here is a floor level (0.70 below top of threshold) bounded ... LH III; Greek? |
Basket/zembil 81 64 229 R, north of threshold (=R III) North of the threshold stone in the face of the bluff we are going down to lower levels. Here is a floor level (0.70 below top of threshold) bounded ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 65 229 R, north of threshold (= R IV) North of the threshold stone in the face of the bluff we are going down to lower levels. Here is a floor level (0.70 below top of threshold) bounded ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 66 229 R, NE of threshold block I (=R V) East of this room we are digging deeper.
R 1.05-1.35 to top of a burnt stratum. Bag only a few sherds of Minyan.
[James-Nakassis: this basket ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 67 229 R, NE of threshold block II (=R VI) R 1.35-1.65 thru the burnt stratum only a bag. Maybe some Mattmalerei. See when washed.
[p. 367]
R VI 1.35-1.65
Coarse sherds 12
Minyan ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 68 230 P XV P XV 3.20-3.40. At 3.40 deep part of a small bronze pin was found. In this level also a small smooth cylindrical stone artificially shaped. Urfirnis mostly coarse.
[p ... 1915/06/09 |
Basket/zembil 81 69 230 R, NE of threshold block, III (=R VII) R 1.65-2.00 thru a floor (of upper burnt layer) and thru a second burnt layer to its floor. Just a bag no basket. Very few sherds and ... 1915/06/09 |
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