J. F. Daniel, Kourion (Palace and Theatre) II Mar.–May, 1935John Franklin Daniel

Start trench 26 on terrace above that of trench 24. It is 10 meters long, 1 1/2 wide. It begins with the wall shown in plan of trench 25, and continues at right angles to the wall. Laid out and barely started 13-4-35.

Sherds from top sand all late Roman - coarse. None kept

Drawing: plan with compass; labels: E, N, S, W, E, Δ, Γ, B, A, ← wall of rough stones: top 0.70 from surface

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Start clearing cistern on South slope of Palaiokastro hill, from which figurines (archaic) have been removed in quantities. Collect many figurines and fragments, in "snow-man" technique, from ground around cistern. Keep our eyes out for Kourion's largest viper, which is said to dwell here. Not found

Remove stones & brush in mouth of cistern, and continue down. The earth seems disturbed to a considerable depth, and the figurines peter out after a while. The indication is that they were simply a modern dump from somewhere above the cistern, bi-products of illicit excavations.

Dig cistern to a depth of , which included a good section of undisturbed earth. Finding that the figurines have stopped entirely, we leave the cistern, and start a trench beside it.

Photo XVII 4 of cistern area before beginning to dig.

Start trench 10 meters long, two wide, from a point just east of the cistern in a north-westerly direction. Finely granulated brown soil, containing figurines in sections A-Δ. In A-Γ we find figs. in both the 1st and 2nd stroses, in Δ only in the upper strosis. Not at all in the other sections.

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