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 35 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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West wall of Exedra 3

The east face of this wall, which is like the other east walls, here has been cleared on the east face down to bedrock, from the south end of the south wall of appd south face of the west face, on the south end to 2.85 m. north, and further north 12.39 m to the portico wall [plan]. Elsewhere the wall has been cleared to level -0.80 m. The pebble foundation is here quarried into the soft bedrock (deep rom 5, fig 1). There are two courses of ashlar blocks. From 12.38 m. north to the north west corner, 1 ashlar block is on bedrock. The ashlar blocks which measure from 0.81 m to 1.44 m in length extend through the entire width of the wall by approximately 0.55 m. The wall above courses 2 was in rough masonry which is preserved to a height of [blank] height -0.03 m. The foundation under East wall and 1 ashlar block, against the facade face of rock, south wall has 1 ashlar block, further north 4 courses.

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Diagram 5, fig. West wall of Exedra 3, levels of top of

Distance N. of S. face of S. wallbedrockfoundationcourse 12
1.30 m. North-2.39 m.- 1.60 m. 60- 1.00 m. 52- 0.48 m.
8.10 m "----0.46
12.45 "- 1.53- 56- 0.97 m 52- 0.45
N. end "- 1.42- 50- 0.92 55- 0.37

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