Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 13·November–December 1938

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) II Nov.–Dec. 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 13 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) II Nov.–Dec. 1938), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 14 of 94

30 date 24 Nov. 1948

P.181 24. North of North extension of Room W.

P.181 25. same as 24 from further south P.184 26. same as 24.

Room W contnnued clearing modern fill

Room E SW section continued clearing fifth layer many sherds.

Room X con cleared to third layer of hard gray soil with pebbles close to wall. A trench of brown earth another near outside wall in Northern and eastern parts.

Room X cleared close to wall hard gray earth with pebbles, beyond This hard gray earth was North was in middle section. In middle section, fourth layer goes from wall to wall. In Northern section continued trench along wall trench of brownish sandy soil with some clay.

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31 date 24 Nov. 1948

This trench continuation of one along middle section of wall. Clearing gray soil from roe Northern section.

Cleared East of hypocaust, about level of and just below of a wall. Christo is of the opinion that the chips found here on the bottom came from the chisels of moderns digging from for stones.

In Area South of Room T, a circular Room has appeared. Stones 203-4-5-6-7 and 14 removed

In Room St cleared clut drain. Stones in it were placed there on purpose they were wedged in hard in a hard clay. and rest upon other stones so placed.

Room O continwed clearing footing trench for North wall. Cleared some of footing french for East wall

Work stopped 16.00

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

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