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House of Shields, section B, Second Season 1954 T. L. Shear, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/1/1/58
House of Shields, section B, Second Season 1954 T. L. Shear
House of Shields, section B, Second Season 1954 T. L. Shear

Scope and Contents

1954 Excavation Notebook for House of Shields compiled by Theodore (Bucky) Shear. Daily account of excavation on r., sketch plans and section drawings on v. Catalogued finds are annotated with their object number in red pencil.
2 inserts: 1 note in ink on a tear off calendar page about a bronze object in a museum; 1 plan of House of Shields in pencil on tracing paper.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954

Creator

Extent

1 notebook(s) (1 notebook)

2 item(s) (2 inserts)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Black weatherproof cover (Alwych notebook), handwritten in ink and pencil, 11.5 x 18 cm Foliated to f. 74, ff. 135, in total, last folio has large section ripped out of it. Fragile. Text block starting to detach from binding. 2 inserts: 1 leaf woven paper, 1 leaf tracing paper split along former fold lines into 3 separate sections (extremely fragile). Both stored in separate archival folder.

Custodial History

Previous reference 'Mycenae Archive x058' Birmingham transfer, Brown Curver Crate

Repository Details

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

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