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 30 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 30 of 94

60 date 14 March 1949

work began 0655 I left dig 0818 to work on paper Christo in charge.

Returned 13:15 approx

East of Room continued digging second layer trying to find meeting of two walls. [outline: (drawing) Shard bag 20]

East of Room IX finished third layer many sherds as in south. See fifth opens into cave underneath. p 61

Room with flag stones opened section to west clearing upper soil. Wall in upper portion of door fell. Wall of poor construction.

South of [illegible] room with crosses in mosaic uncovering third layer, showing what seems door entrance to door.

Work stopped 16:00 27. under flag stones room west 28. the same. 29. the same further north

Right page

61 date [symbol] 14 March 1949

Small finds

M 424 no 1 Nail third layer East of room IX. Χριστοφορου

no. 2 coin

Margin left: C 2086

Drawing: drawing of coin; labels: illeg.

Σταυρης in soil upper west part of room under flag stones

no. 3 coin

Margin left: C 2087

Drawing: drawing of coin; labels: illeg.

Σταυρης in soil upper west part of room under flag stones

Fourth layer continues, East of Room IX. Sherds which were abundant on top become rare further down near openings of cave.

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

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