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Sally Kistruck Mycenae 1954, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/1/1/56
Sally Kistruck Mycenae 1954
Sally Kistruck Mycenae 1954

Scope and Contents

1954 Excavation Notebook for House of the Oil Merchant (HOM), tholos trial trenches at Lion Tomb west and Aegisthus Tomb west, compiled by Sally Kistruck (identified as author by Helen Wace). Daily excavation report in pencil on r. with sketch plans, measurements and small finds recorded on v. At the back a list of small finds written in ink.
5 inserts: 3 section drawings of Aegisthus West; 1 sketch plan of HOM and terrace wall; 1 scaled map 1:100 on tracing paper of HOM.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954

Creator

Extent

1 notebook(s) (1 notebook)

5 item(s) (5 inserts)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Dark brown paper cover, spiral bound, (Champion notebook), handwritten in pencil and ink, 9.7 x 15.3 cm Unfoliated, ff.36. Extremely poor quality paper now yellowing, pencil text faint. 5 inserts: 4 leaves of woven paper and 1 leaf of tracing paper, all placed in separate text paper fold.

Custodial History

Previous reference 'Mycenae Archive x057' Birmingham transfer, Brown Curver Crate

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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