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 45 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 45 of 86

95 date 20 april 1949

cleaning soil under wall across cistern and in South, East and west extensions.

Cleared third layer west section north part of room epsilon.

Sherdbag 39

Cleared room Delta third layer part south of west part south of south door jamb

cleaning room Delta east half north of south door jamb. A layer of soil 15-20 cm deep on top of which large and small pieces of cement some with smooth surface. Rough stones are imbedded in them. They are probably for water.

cleaning Room Gamma East half. Large pieces of cement and some small pieces, on in and on a layer of soil 10-15 cm. deep. These pieces have two faces one rougher than the other. They are imbedded in have rough stones inside.

cleaning first layer south of theater making road.

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96 date 21 april 1949

work began 0655

The soil in rooms gamma and delta transition was practically identical

Room Gamma in west part second layer extends west about 1.2 meters from Edge of second layer under stone floor.

Above stone floor Directly above stone floor of room gamma, no sherds.

Sherdbag 30

Room delta directly above floor in north section of east part few sherds. a number of roof tiles covering and with ridges both high and low.

I left avg 9:30 Returned 2:30

P.138no 11 stones in doorway of room delta showing what rest of floor was like.

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

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