Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 1·March 1948–April 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) III Mar. 1948–April 1949De C. Fales

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

Scan 11 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 1 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) III Mar. 1948–April 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 11 of 94

22 date 3 March 1949

This / part / not / rublerevealing wall from junction of middle and east western section to a position just beyond drain. Beside east outside wall - a firmer part about 15 cm wide perhaps foundation for wall above.

To East of Room E dug trench continuing that to south of Room U. Fill being the same.

To East of Room with suspended flag stones, began digging trench down back of eastern wall.

Continued clearing surface fill room W. A number of roof tiles.

A door way in East West wall of Room X. This was filled in after the first layer in the west section was removed laid down, as soil does not app as stones were laid on top of this layer. This filling of the doorway must be about contemporary with the outside wall of the Room L For the removal of the first layer in the middle & north section laid bare the earth sp

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23 date 4 March 1949

work began 0658

P, 149 38. of stone in entrance to hypocaust with ground cleared around it. This stone just above bed-rock.

P, 149 39. Entrance to hypocaust cleared to door sill level. end of roll 15 stone B

begin roll 16 Roll 16 P, 149, entrance to hypocaust end of layer with plaster beginning of chavara. about 20 cm below sill in rich.

P 149 2. east of Room with flag stones first layer removed showing second

work stopped 0934 rain

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

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