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 25 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 25 of 86

55 date 13 April 1949

Clearing modern fill directly south of the entrance of south mosaic room.

Cleared second layer Room Kappa. In NE corner bed rock appears. This fill hard. [Sherdbag 22]

Clearing fill in fifth layer of south cistern. Clearing to modern fill where was wall between rooms Iota and theta.

Cleared fourth layer in SW corner of room Zeta. This layer had no white plaster in it.

Clearing third layer in Room Eta. The part between whit soil on north and south sides which is without white plaster.

Clearing ditch trench on south side of theater, first layer cleared.

Clearing trench west of theater, modern for dump modern fill.

Clearing modern fill Room Alpha.

Right page

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date 14 April 1949

work began

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Margin left: P.135

29. Room Eta third layer central part removed showing part with white plaster, by south of North wall

Margin left: P.135

30. Room Eta third layer central part removed showing part with white plaster south. north of South wall

Margin left: P.135

31. Room Eta third layer central part removed.

The soil with white peples third layer Room Eta extends out from the south side of North wall 60 cm. With only a slight slope southward. At its east end it is 70 cm below the top of of stone which is just under the top floor level. At its western end as exposed it is 14 cm. below top of stone just below floor level. The part on north side of projection of line of south wall slopes down from NW to NE.

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

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