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 53 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 53 of 94

106 date 25 March 1949

work began 0655

2 pick men absent holiday.

P. 166 no. 12 stones 323, 324 as found in cistern east of W. 323 about 1 m under bed rock 324 top of about .5m under bed rock.

P. 166 no. 13 East of north extension of Room IV showing possible wall, but not probable.

P. 166 no. 14 modern fill and cult as is on west side of building.

Cleared area East of T and north extension of IV of fill down to first Ta Tuna the about 10 cm lower than door sill in wall. Trench east of building cleared second layer 80 cm deep, cleaning trench. Cleared west room of cellar under flagstones. Cleaning cistern East of W. below middle height of rock, stones and tiles become more frequent. cleaning west room under IV Cleaning west side of building top fill.

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date 25 March 1949 107

Small finds

no. 1 C 2119 coin (drawing) Al. second layer East of north extension Room IV

SH 106 no. 2 stamped amphora handle. 4 x 1.5 cm second layer East of north extension Room IV.

L 878 no. 3 fr of lamp type XXVIII in second layer E and N of south cistern.

Mi 383 no. 4 weight in fill of cistern east of W. less below middle height 7.1 cm in diam, 3.2 cm thick

M 443 no. 5 piece of metal in fill under stones in west room under Room IV

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

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