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 52 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 52 of 94

104 date 24 March 1949

Cleared ditch on North side of wall south of south cistern. about NE pier South Eastern 85.90 cm. [Sherdbag [circled: 32]] Cleaning area East of Rooms N+T. Cleared second layer in part of it in Trench East of building. Continuing Trench in S W direction. Cleaning first layer. Cleaning cistern East of Room W. Clearing Western part of cellar under flagstones.

North of South cistern cleared third layer. Cleaning of this layer exposed pipes. Cleared second layer in drain south of middle cistern. Clearing second layer North and East of South cistern. To the south and East, this layer was exposed. It projected westward from bed rock about 85-90 cm. It is about 75 cm. deep. N.B. fill in second layer in drain south of middle cistern was chips of stones with few sherds. Were these chips from original cutting?

Right page

105 date 24 March 1949 L8882 no 8. fr. of lamp type xxvii in cistern East of W.

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

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