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

Diary Page 1358 con't 14.50 north-15.50 north-light brown soil with a great quantity of small rough stones averaging fist size and smaller. See yesterday's diary. In room 4, removing paving blocks in center opposite east doorway inorder to get into the praefurnium. Section page 1239. Digging here 0.80 - 1.20 from east doorway - 1239-3, loose earth, brown, rough stones of di[illegible]

Page 1360 varying size, mostly small, chunks of concrete with large pebbles.

19 May 1949 Began removing, room 4, bath, 1239-5, praefurnium, a stratum containing rather rich looking brown soil - very loose - many rough stones of varying size, bricks and tiles but extraordinarily few sherds. Stratum 4 was much like 3 (see diary page 1288). Strata 3 and 4 contained comparatively few stones - stratum 5 contains a great many. Digging 0-1.00 from east doorway leading to room 3, only. Removed large chavara block closing top of cistern tee? In course of removing it broke in half. See film 124-36. The chavara block was carefully placed over the coping with smaller stones wedged in between it and wall immediately to south to seal the opening. The two halves being placed on this wall. F446, coin, found

Page 1370 at depth of 2.62 m. below top of coping and 0.27 m. below top of fill. A number of rough stones of varying size at top of fill but from 25 cm. down so far fairly clean brown earth found only with small rough stones only - mostly chavara - a good many chunks of lime plaster also coming out. This once covered the walls of the cistern. Finished digging stratum 4 under west doorway and step of room 3 in praefurnium, west of doorway in room 4 - section page 1239 and 1251. Stratum 6 was a very dark stratum - blackened by fire - gray in parts - ashes. This stratum dates from period of use. Continued removing rough stones in building (if it is a building) at southeast corner of temple B precinct - dark surface soil, between inner and outer parallel walls leading from this point to vicinity of

Page 1372 bath. Also continued removing surface soil from outer large double wall to point a little south of where terracotta pipe crosses it. As this pipe at southe end terminates within wall, its use antedates the construction of the wall. Mr. Hill digging out south bay of room 3 hypocaust. See his notes.

20 May 1949 Continuing to dig out cistern 2, see section page 1369-2. In stratum 1, consisting of fallen rough stones of varying size and chunks of lime plaster which once covered walls, whitish earth, loose, contained hardly any sherds. Stratum 2 is much is much darker, and contains a good deal of pottery and some glass. A good many rough stones coming out, averaging fist size and smaller. Some tiles but few. The first stratum was somewhat different from the second, containing a greater

Page 1374 quantity of stones and larger ones and the color was much lighter. This covered a depth of 0.35 m. Strata 2 and 3, each 0.4 m. in depth are artificial strata. In bath, room 4, finished digging stratum 6 from flue (praefurnium) and removed jamb block (in situ but not as a jamb here) at west end of flue and dug further west to a distance of 2.70 m. from the east wall of room 4. See section page 1239. Removed here strata 3 and 4. No difference between them. Many stones of varying sizes - rough ones - light brown loose earth. See film 125-2. Some large pieces of concrete from 1239-4. No sherds in stratum 3, Many bricks from stratum 3 and 4. Placed together as no difference in stratafication. So far have dug only immediately west of the flue. Mr. Hill cleaned out room 3, south bay hypocaust digging it into strata (strata 1, 2 - light brown soil; stratum 3, black, depth of black being .30 - .32 m.

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21 May 1949 Continuing to clean out cistern in artificial strata 0.40 m. in depth. Finished stratum 3 and began 4 (section page 1269). Digging outside northwest corner of bath precinct wall from top of second course of wall down. See section page 1373-2, light reddish brown soil, few stones, rough smalih stones only. In room 4, bath, removed strata 4 and 5 opposite flue 1.20-2.70 from east wall. 4 and 5 same