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 34 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 34 of 86

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date 15 April 1949.

Margin left, in red: Mo 86 Mo 60

no. 8 3 pieces of mossaic third layer NW portion of room Zeta.

Margin left, in red: M 425

no. 9 piece of metal first layer cellar of Room M.

Margin left, in red: L 772

no. 10 piece of lamp third layer SW part of room Zeta.

Margin left, in red: St 682

no 11 marble puck, fourth layer of cellar of Room O.

west of cleared entrance to theater cleared in trench for dump, reached bed rock. Began another trench, to south, cleared first layer found what looks like a house.

Right page

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date 16 April 1949

work began 0653

Margin left: P. 142

no. 10 trench last one south of theater with stones 525.6.7.8

Margin left: P. 143

Fifth sixth layer in center of room cellar Room O lies 1.75 meters under east side of entrance above. Fifth layer 35-20 cm deep. Center part not one fill as to described

15.4.49no. 11 fill of stones East of EW wall in middle NS axis of Room Zeta

Margin left: P. 143. P. 143 P. 143 P. 143

12.south side of wall across cistern E

13." " " " " W

14.E + W end

15.top of wall across cistern.

work stopped 12:00. work began 12:30

Eastern most trench south of theater. white soils extends for 4.20 meters. Then a pile of large stones 3.20 meters Beyond this black soil goes on down on

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

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