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 7 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 7 of 86

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date 6 April 1949

work began 0855

P.128 14. SW corner of cellar under O P.128 15. Further north along west wall P.128 16. NW corner. P.129 17. North side center P.129 18 Northern corner stones. architectural. some P.129 flash, 19. NE corner cellar under Room O P.129 20, E side of fill in cellar Room O

P.129 21. west of mosaic room first layer P.129 22 cleared, P.129 23,

First layer west of south mosaic room cleared a much greater number of fragments of roof tiles, about half of these of a red clay much lighter than the vast majority of these here to fore found This first layer contained a great quantity of cement with a smooth outer surface and a back of sea washed stones. These hunks are somewhat similar to those found in near room with flagstones. These hunks continue

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date 6 April 1949

Small finds

M537 no. 1 piece of metal with bronze nails two in fill in cistern east of Room W second layer from bottom.

Mo 109 no 2 piece of mosaic west side of room Zeta modern fill.

no. 3 piece of cement modern fill west of south mosaic room.

M466 no. 3 piece of iron third layer south cistern on side.

Pl 94 no. 4 piece of plaster with moulding plaster white in second layer from bottom in fill in cistern SE of Room W

Pl 141 no. 5 pieces of plaster with painting green + red. in lowest layer in cistern east of Room W.

no 6, piece of wood in fill in cistern East of Room W lowest layer

M538 no. 7 nail lowest layer in cistern

East of Room Wv. p. 22

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

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