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 38 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 38 of 94

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Margin left: cleared second layer.

date 17 March 1949

Completely cleared wall North of T cleared area between walls East of ^North extension Room N, to change of soil. Cleared second layer North East Room N. (North Room N East of North extension, fill about 10 cm deep. cleared wall Wall visible along NE of Room N. It meets wall extending North from North op of walls NE Room L, To Thistle cleared second layer North room L this lies on bed rock and was in a drain. -> many roof tiles in fill above third layer Cleaning Room B of top-soil.

Cleared Room O of winter deposit

Cleared some of modern fill West of building.

cleared East cellar under flag stones Cleaning West entrance to cellar.

cleared first layer South of W. This level with second layer SE of W.

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77 date 18 March 1949

work began 0657 P.161 q no 11 stones as if a step west entrance on flag stones to cellar below 30 cm below edge all underneath this fill hard. plaster with P.161 no. 12 area East of North Extension Room N. second layer cleared third showing. P.161 no. 13 area E of N. extension N 2nd cleared showing possible North wall. P.161 no. 14 hole by possible wall of no 13. P. 161 nor. 15 second layer South of Room W removed third showing. P.161 no. 16 stones in west entrance to cellar as found.

work stopped 12:00 work began 12:30 P.162 no. 17 corner on NE corner of North stone extension of Room N second layer removed. Third

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

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