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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFile
Ref NoMS 3286/6/17
Alt Ref NoMS 3286/10/17
TitleSqueezes possibly taken by Gertrude Bell
DateEarly 20th century
Extent7 items and 1 bundle
DescriptionSeven squeezes, some with attached slips with pencil notes with transcriptions (numbering not original):

1. "Adali-Karadagh [transcription] on a fragment just dug out of the ruins of a church". But researcher's note identifies it as Karaeuren Karadagh. .
2. Squeeze, no note, with 2-line incription and large Maltese cross. On back in pencil "Kizli"
3. " Sirchale, Karajadagh.[transcription] on a tombstone - a Latin cross on the upper part".
4. "Sirchale, Karajadagh on a tombstone [transcription and drawing] this was the cross on this tombstone"
5. "Uleuren. Hassan Dagh" Researcher's note: "Ulu Ă–ren (c.1908) 'On a rough-hewn block which formed part of a building'"
6. and 7. [no notes or transcriptions]

Also [in a separate folder]
Accompanying notes and transcriptions by Calder, 7 pages (half-sheets of lined quarto).
The first (covering) page reads:
'In August 1922 Ramsay handed me a bundle of impressions, saying that he had no note of their provenance. One of them (1) proves to be of an inscription which I copied on my first independent journey in 1908, when R. sent me to [illegible] and the Karaji Dagh to inspect some inscriptions of which Gertrude Bell had made notes & impressions. My conclusion that these impressions are hers is confirmed by [left blank] who assures me that the notes of locality attached to some of the impression are in Miss Bell's handwriting. [...]'"
The other six sheets are notes and transcriptions.

Two photographs:
i. Print of an arch. On the back, transcription and placename Kagkdebak Hassan Dagh
ii. Print of a stone with a Maltese cross above, text below. On the back, Kizli-Karadagh and transcription
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