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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 60c

Page: 102-3
Date: 17-8. 11. 49.
Location: Sakaltutan
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17/11 i(0185 Ali Osman)'s house. Kt {bad}, small yard 13m. x 5m., door into one room, with a raised floor; {diagram in text} passage leading down past
door of another larger room with pots and pans, ambar {store chest}, bedding, seed potatoes, and so on, down into caves which form the stable, tezek store with
samanlk beyond.
Interior very dark, with light only from the smoke hole; tandr burning in ante room, {diagram}
air comes in a pipe, and whole covered with a yorgan {quilt}, under which everyone puts their legs. Outer room had rug. Inner room, only ambar, no other
furniture. i(0185 Ali Osman) is to build in the spring a second storey.

18/11 i(Hacali Tufan) - 2 misafir odas {guest rooms} side by side, new boarded floor, window in east, lower sedir on 2 sides, thick new rugs on sedir, normal
ceiling, of which woodwork excellent, - truly kele oda.
Ard i(Mustafa Yaln) L-shaped room, simple {diagram} - boarded-in section, small; sedir low.

k<poor house interior, rich guestroom>


k<houses, interiors>

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