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 19 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 19 of 102

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date 25 October 1948

Room F was cleared of modern fill, revealing three five floor levels

1. With mosaic and stones10 cm. 10 30 cm. | 15.10 cm. large cm.

2. The base on which these stones were laid loose earth fill.

3. a harder stones fill with something like plaster holding it together.

4. a lose fill of brown earth

5. a στρωμα about level with existing wall.

Room E was cleared to second level and third level begun. There is no distinction between these levels but in order not to dig too much they are considered seperate.

Area I, was further cleared revealing drain at close to wall of Room E.

The fill from E is clearly debris containing loose brown sandy soil

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date 25 October 1948

with many small stones, some pieces of marble and one architectural member, numerous fragments of pipe, roof-tiles, both pointed and flat and sherds of glass, and pieces sherds of all shapes, which must have been sherds when thrown in. There are not enough ordinary pieces to makes complete for all handles and end pieces of straight edges found. This dump is probably to be connected with the closing of the door in E leading into A.

[photograph] [photograph; labels: looking E]

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

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