Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 2·April 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) IV April 1949De C. Fales

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 22 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 2 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) IV April 1949), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 2, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 22 of 86

49 date 12 April 1949.

Clearing upper fill in South end of cistern to east of room W, and part of fill in East extension. This fill here all loose stones took room coming up to about one meter from top ceiling.

Clearing modern fill south of building.

Room Kappa removed modern fill and first layer, exposing a hole in second layer. This hole won two layers reach bed rock. Fill in this hole much softer than in rest of room, where there was much plaster. Clearing rest of room.

West part of room South west part of room Zeta and north west part of room eta cleared of third layer. This earth lying around stones. Cleaning stones and soil with them. This former with earth fourth layer. Cleared second layer of

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50 date 12 April 1949 [Sherdbag [29]] west part of rooms Epsilon and Delta. This was the layer with the line of stones.

Cleaning dark soil western part of room Alpha

Opened up mouth to caves in theater. Clearing around theater.

Clearing french for fill for dump of theater.

Clearing modern fill in cistern to East of building.

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

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