Kourion Complex (Apollo) pre 1945

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… had no basement, it would have access from the excavted area we are now dealing with only from an upper floor. Other walls with the exceptions of the central wall dividing rooms 1, 2 and 3 from R. 4,5,6,7 are of very rough masonry, the central wall dividing Rooms 1 and 2 from Rooms 6 and 7has two lower courses containing many large rectangular blocks similar to those in the better walls but their intercises are rather wide and they are filled in with rubble; the western extension of the central wall is of rough masonry.

A stylobate of large rectangular blocks divides Room 6 from Room 7; on this stylobate stand three columns drums in [handwritten: situ]; one slightly [handwritten: b]onded into the south wall of the room a second near the center and the third near the north wall. The space between this column and the wall is walled in with rough masonry.

The fine wall dividing Rooms 2 and 6 from Rooms 3 and 5, the solid south wall and the wall flanking the temple stairway antidates xxxx the other which jut up against them and at their intersections; it is likely they belonged at one time to an earlier building. Whatever mortar was used is not apparent [handwritten: b]ut very probably it was of clay to which some lime was added.

Even the best walls received a coating of lime plaster of which many samples have been found the nature of the soft lime stone used xxxxx being non resistent to exposure. In the central wall there are many large fully weathered ashlars of xxxx this soft limestone second [handwritten: h]and material doubtless taken from elsewhere, and it and much patching with stone chips and pieces of broken tiles was necessary before an even surface could be bad to receive the plaster revetment.