Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 12·October–November 1938

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) I Oct.–Nov. 1938De C. Fales

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

Scan 14 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 12 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) I Oct.–Nov. 1938), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 12, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 14 of 102

25 date 22 October 1948

Court A was cleared down to bed rock over most of which was a fine white hard white plaster. nothing much was found except a few sherds some of which the 2 pieces with over hanging rim were found embedded right in the corner. The plaster was right in all cracks.

on East of east wall of passage about 140 cm N from outside of door jamb a wall running E!W discovered

Clearing on west of room with staircase Room B henceforth. There seems to be no parallel walls one for staircase one for house as on other side. Perhaps the hole for cistern below is the cause.

7Some plaster towards south where it seems to meet a rub pebly floor covering was left in place.

work stopped 12:00 work began 1:30

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26 date: 22 October 1948

in Room B, in what may have been west support of stair, was found eggshell, charcoal and a small oven with cover.

29 in Room C court with flagstones to west east of passage, showing lowest grayish black large στρωμα

Room C cleared to back wall towards back wall fill changed to a yellowish brown.

Room C at about 4.20 m from wall along passage measured in an East west direction, the wall seems to end in a sort of buttress extending out in S.N about a .5 meters then about .6 m in EW direction. At first, it appeared a door but as wall as yet does not extend beyond, it seems to turn and run in N.S direction

30. oven and piece of plaster on wall in room B. In mosaic room, west wall uncovered and wall EW which meets this.

worked stop. 17:00- … continues

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

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