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 42 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 42 of 102

81 date 4 November 1948

Room O, was cleared of soft fill making a larger part of fifth layer, which lay around hole and extended to out o west wall, this soft layer with the hard, made a step. (drawing)

The step runs EW, and is cut off on in about the middle by the whole as hole cutting for the square opening below. This soft fill was found to extend around the down to the cutting for the co hole The plaster on the back east side and to some stones on the west. This was removed. at the time of quitting an extension of this fill along the west wall toward the south was being removed.

Room Q was cleared of fill. In the northern part the fill was deeper and the sand a darker colour.

Room N north half was

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82 date 4 November 1948

found to contain a quantity of large stones large stones lying every which way. There was only one architectural fragment among them. They were placed to NE of Room N.

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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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