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 65 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 65 of 102

126 date 13 Nov 1945

tile in place, along south side tile follows wall.

II. p. 16512 tiles in plaster [symbol: inverted arch] just above black layer Room Q, SE corner.

Room E Third section cleared to fifth layer. Fourth layer split into three parts

Drawing: vertical rectangle divided into three strips; labels: wall, 1. darkest, 2. lighter, dark, N downarrow

The dark and lighter layers were removed leaving the lightest.

The fifth layer appears to extend from the south to north end of the room. First and second layers, fourth section removed. Room Q, S NE corner removed too very much like soil not much plaster. In spot under yellow lay above, the fill was much lighter. In the southern part of room, the fill contained more plaster than in Norther corners. In the NE corner, the bed rock came to light.

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127 date 13 November 1948

Room N was cleared of third layer save section in SW corner. Fourth layer appears in contrast with other layers to slope up into SE corner. It is just above suspected floor level. In the circular holes cleared in SE corner there was is a in southernmost a curious mixture of plaster, with brown gray, and black [illegible] and white substances

Area North of building. wall running E and West cleared to third layer. earth, third and stones above wall cleared running E+W cleared to third layer. Second layer split into a redder yellower section to the North about above wall of North side of wall, near east end of excavated earth. The third layer inside room is full of gravel with stones sticking up. It become The fill becomes about a foot from north wall.

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

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