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 19 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 19 of 94

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Margin left: P. 151

date 7 March 1949

12. Room X middle section fifth layer removed. part of fifth layer of pieces of chavara.

13. East of Room with flagstones 4th layer of plaster and pebbles and sand cleared 5th exposed.

Room T continued clearing stones and felt. to east wall of North Extension of Room N (corr of J) exposed. and wall proceeding east at right angles to North Extension of Room N.

Room X (drawing) North section, fourth layer removed. Below stones in northern part in southern part bed rock. This fourth layer extended over fourth layer of middle section. Fourth layer, middle section removed. An or squa rectangular hollow in west section part of middle section, a number of fr of vases found. Cleared fifth layer of middle section some of which hard with pieces of chavara. Sixth layer of chavarra hard in bed rock presumably extending under wall of L, being cleared.

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39 date 7 March 1949

South of Room 4, continued clearing third layer. Fourth layer, south of EW walali east of Room E, becomes softer not like a treaded surface

Room E continued clearing fourth layer. first layer.

East of Room with flag stones cleared fourth layer of plaster and pebbles. 74 Top of fifth layer slopes down from North to South. 20 cm below top of wall as preserved, so where it ends against fifth layer. Fourth layer of ended between directly east of wall which separates Room W from Room with flag stones

East of Room W cleared third layer. Fourth layer stones with architectu ral architectural members.

Room W continued clearing second layer 10-30 cm deep. stones architectural members.

work stopped 1600 v p 37

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

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