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 5 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 5 of 86

15 date 5 April 1949

work began 0655

P. 127 no. 7 corner of wall in SE. corner of cistern east of Room W P. 127 no 8. mosaic west of south mosaic Room P. 128 no 9 general location of mosaic west of south mosaic room.

work stopped 12:00 work began 12:30

P. 128 no. 10 first layer west of [south] south mosaic room modern fill removed. P. 128 no 11. pipe west of Room B on bed rock

P. 128 no. 12 stones 6. 7. 8. 9 in fill in South in cistern east of Room W south part.

Sherdbag 32

In cellar under Room O, cleaning of first layer. This layer varies in depth, becoming deeper at the sides. It covers the second layer which slopes up toward hole. Cleaning Cleared second layer in south cistern. A large stone 20 x 75 x 70 falls to East of south side of entrance to this cistern. It lies upon second layer.

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date 5 April 1949

Small finds

St 662 no. 1 piece of sandstone like three leaved modern fill [south] west of building. St 663 no. 2 piece of sandstone possible form same piece as no 1 with intervening piece missing modern fill south west of building St 664 no. 3 piece of sandstone perhaps part of same as # 1 + 2 modern fill south west of building. L 716 no. 4 lamp handle type XXVIII, in south cistern second layer. L 717 no. 5 lamp type XXVIII late in second layer in south cistern St 665 no. 6 part of marble lip? of cup second layer in south cistern. St 666 no 7 marble rim of flat basin modern fill of west of south mosaic Room. Mo 108 no 8 piece of mosaic west of south mosaic room M 465 no. 9 piece of metal fill in cistern

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

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