Kourion Complex Apollo (extracted from McFadden's notebooks) (1 of 2)

Diary page 608 (cont'd)

5th [8th?] column went (just south of it) by the looks of the stylobate (Film 43, No. ) and the distance between these two points is just about 2.33 which was found to have been the intercolumniation of the peristyle in Room 1. Top of second drum has diameter of 40 cm., has no square socket as top of 1st and top of capital. Coloured cement used in joints having following solution:

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1 cup cement 25 spoons 1 cup sand " 1 spoon terracotta colour 2 1/3 spoons yellow "

Each chamber had 6 columns on a side. S. Bldg.

Intercolumniation col. 1 to col. 2 2.33 Center col. 1 to probable center last col. 11.95 (27 cm. fr. S. and West end west stylobate to east face east stylobate equals 5.55. East stylobate intercol. between col. 5 & col. 6 probably about 2.40 in from APPARANCE of stylobate -- or 7 cm. greater than intercol. between col. 1 and 2 of west peristyle.

June 5Began throwing out tiles from bags. If none of the tiles have been photographed in a pile AFTER being removed from Fill this indicates all have been left unless I write on back of tag and a part have been left. Those that are photographed are usually thrown out. When I write on back of tag ½ of remaining kept this means half of what has not been already photographed and thrown out. If there is no photograph and nothing written on back of tag then all have been kept and are in the bag. There may be of course several bags for one fill. If I say ½ of remaining kept but there is no photograph then only ½ in all has

Page 617 All sherds been thrown out and I should not have used the word remaining. have been kept in deeper than surface soil strata as usual. Continued digging southeast corner of S. Bldg. for Guard House and building up south and east stylobate of R 5. June 6th. Continued building Guard House & finished excavating area down to floor level of Guard House or to bottom of 3rd stratum which appears to be exactly at an earlier ancient floor level under the

Page 618 artificial fill typical of the exhedra. Removed rest of fill (Cross Section p. 68) S. Bldg. Gamma-Delta southwest part that remained from 1936 up against west wall of room. See Film 143. Cemented column joints with coloured cement solution: 1 cup sand 1 cup cement 2¼ spoons yellow terracotta 1 cup equals 25 spoons

June 6Took squeezes of inscriptions.

Page 634 4th. June 7. Dug corridor, cross section p. 651, 3rd stratum, and began 4th. Continued digging Guard House. Room 1 South Building. June 8th. Dug 3rd corridor E-Z and 4th stratum clay fill - very definitely clay either for floor or fallen from roof. Late ribbed ware in this fill - tops of two large stones in this fill are nearly level with each other and with top of fill but seem to rise above it.

Page 636 [Upper?] stone rests on these. See Film 44 no. 21. Upper stone clearly fell from above. 2nd and 3rd strata are fallen debris. Began digging Corridor 1 2nd stratum. Cross section p. 637. June 9. Dugg corridor 3 p. 631 6th and 7th stratum. Mr. Hill concerned building Guard House. Dug between 2 stylobates of Stoa old and new. Cross section p. 641