| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. |
PEN 1/3/1/5/24 |
| Level |
Item |
| Dates |
18 [Mar 1928] |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
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| Scope and Content |
Written at Molyvopyrgos, and posted in Salonika [Thessaloníki]. About progress on the excavation [at Meciberna/Molyvopyrgos in Chalkidiki], archaeological finds, cold weather (asking Herbert to “tell Dicky I haven’t undressed for four days!”), that the journey there was difficult as they had to push the car up every hill, and that he would be sorry to leave as the men were “delightful” including one who had adopted John. Also criticising an excavation by [David] Robinson [under the American School of Classical Studies] in Olynthus, which John describes as “probably the worst dig in history”. John labelled the letter as written on “Sunday 18th”, and it is annotated by [a later hand] as March. |
| Notes |
See PEN 2/2/1/256-269 for photographs of the excavation at Molyvopyrgos. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/1], Volume, “Greece 1927-28, Vol. I”, Oct 1927 – Apr 1928
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