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Sent from Knossos. Telling Herbert about work on the excavation: that it was strenuous as he was doing his own work, Piet de Jong’s (who was at Perachora with Humfry Payne) and Duncan Mackenzie’s left over work; Hilda was working on pottery; that they were digging West of the West court and had found 2 more “Koulouras” (walled rubbish pits), 2 houses plastered in red, lots of complete MMIa vases, the boundary wall of the oldest (MMIa) Palace area, and other items. Also telling Herbert about a letter John had written to the Times Literary Supplement about their review of a book about [excavations at Olynthos]; that Mary Hamilton [Swindler] had visited Knossos and was giving John a copy of [‘Ancient Painting’]; that [Arthur] Evans would leave Knossos on the 27th [of June] and they should be back in the United Kingdom by the 14th of July. Additionally thanking Herbert for sending books; thanking him for his approval of [John’s article ‘Egypt and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age’ in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology] and asking what he thought of drawings by Hilda; and mentioning his Cretan costume had arrived and was “perfectly gorgeous”. |
