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 16 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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… away its south end at 0.17 m north of buttress. In order to construct the second course a [illegible] of the original foundation course here were removed [and also the] the first course below and also the foundation course 2 the rest to south of the one that was shortened, upon the removal, as well of the first course below it to a point where [this] overlaps to meet the next one beneath, at 0.38 m to south of this buttress. At this point a square projection of bedrock was left, so looking in the buttress to fill the gap, and it was made to occupy also the space once filled by the removed portions of the courses below it to 0.38 m south of the buttress. Its height averages between 0.50 and 0.55, and the top of it is about 0.06 m. below the top of the adjacent course of the buttress. The gap in the west wall above this level was filled with rubble as may be observed in fig

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elevations shows it as being level

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