Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 1·1954

D. H. Cox, Kourion Complex, The Mint 1954Dorothy Hannah Cox

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

Scan 4 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 1 (D. H. Cox, Kourion Complex, The Mint 1954), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 4 of 23

Although Wall A really runs NE SW it is in all following descriptions refered to as running due EW

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Nov. 26 The "Mint".

Start at E. end of the possible mint found by Last and recorded on pp. 40-47 of his notes

Shards from over cistern I and to S from surface to c. .30 m below are separate. (see pl. p. 2)

Having defined extent of cistern (175 EW X 155 NS) start to clean at c. 70 cm below top, or floor level where there is marked change in earth.

In upper earth 2 coins

Drawing: circle; labels: C 3121] [sketch: irregular circle; labels: C 3122

nondescript sherds many tile frags quantities of slag.

To W of Cistern clean from surface to hard earth c. .30 above top of cistern. Just E of Wall B and c. 2.70 m S of A find stone box ca 50 sq. by 20 deep; inside measurements 37 sq. x 12 deep with outlet 7 cm. wide in one corner. This was upside down

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

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