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 31 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.

Page 30Scan 31 of 63

West wall of exedra -

This wall, which is like the east wall, has been cleared to bedrock only at the 1.20 m north of the south face of the east south wall of the area & about the square cistern, where to a at level - 2.55 m is of the south 1 and from 2.90 m to 2.50 m north the rubble foundation for the earlier wall (plan fig 2) the wall above this foundation is of fine ashlar work the rest of the east wall (plan fig [illegible] 3) is for levels one is referred to table on opp. fig The ashlar wall is filled in with irregular blocks of limestone & the wall is approximately 0.55 m. measures between 0.85 m to .855 m. long from the south end to 7.30 m. north the wall is [three crossed out] three courses From [illegible] between 7.30 m to 13.80 n north there is really small, squared ashlar course & from 13.80 m north to 15.30 m north course 1 serves as the top of a low course and projects beyond the east face

Diagram 3, fig. [Levels? crossed out], West wall of exedra -

Distance north ofLevels of top of
S. face of S. wall ofBedrockfound.Course [head? crossed out] 123
1.20 m north-2.55 m-1.53 m-0.93 m-0.570.00
7.20 "--1.25- 0.95-0.48+0.07
14.50 "--0.73--0.37+0.20
north end-+0.21

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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