Field notes·PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 8·1934–1954

Kourion Complex Miscellaneous

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 10 of field notes PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 8 (Kourion Complex Miscellaneous), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 5, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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The East Wall The east wall, where examined, is founded on bedrock, [diagram 1 on opp.] The foundation [illegible] is in rubble, [page] fused with clay mortar, ranging from an inch to foot in rise.

See at 1.00 m. north the top of the found. is at - 2.32, at 8.75 it is at level - 2.36 m. At this point the height of the foundation is [illegible] a height of At 10.78 m. it is at level - 1.85. The difference in height at this point is equal to the height of the first course in the wall viz 0.51 m. This course began atlevel from the south-east corner to 10.75 m. The 2d & 3d foundation courses from 12.78 m. north to the n.e. corner remain at approx level of the found level of - 1.85 m. [see below] The first course format of large ashlar blocks measuring 1.08 m to 1.40 m. in length, their width comprises the full of the wall, approx width of 0.49 m. at this level. The height of the course averages

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DIAGRAM 1 FIG. 22 Levels

Distance north ofBedrocktop of foundationtop of course 1top of course 3
S.E. corner
1.00 m.- 2.32- 1.82
1.10 m.- 3.43
3.00 m.- 1.270.70m
8.50 m.-3.02-2.36
10.75 m.-1.82-1.125
10.78 m.-1. 85
12.50 m.-.50
N.W. corner- 1.85- 1.250.70m

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