Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 3·May–June 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace/Theatre) V May–June 1949De C. Fales

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 29 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 3 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace/Theatre) V May–June 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 3, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 29 of 102

55 date 20 May 1949

work began 0630.

Margin left: P. 36

5. stones in dromos first layer removed just East of South East entrance.

In the trench between the baths palace and the theater. The first layer of black soil. extends between two buildings or did probably before Daniel dug it out at either end. The second layer extended between two buildings

The third began just above hard layer against theater wall and its top extended above cave to wall of garden of palace.

Margin left: P. 36

6. stones in place south wall of south part of theater near western wall.

work stopped 12:00 work began 13:00

Right page

56 date 20 May 1949

Small Finds

St 713 no. 1 piece of marble roughly cut in second layer west of south part of theater,

M 630 no. 2 gold ornament prob ably imitation outside of excavations,

M 421 no. 3 bronze vessel in trench north of theater.

St 718 no. 4 piece of marble highly polished probably lip of plate second layer west of south part of theater.

Mo 178 no 5 3 pieces of mosaic cleaning kiln in dromos of theater by SE entrance

St 717 St 717A no. 6 2 pieces of marble cleaning kiln in dromos by SE entrance.

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

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