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 31 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 31 of 102

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date 21 May 1949

work began 0630

work stopped 1200 work began 1300.

Margin left: P. 137

8 between bath and theater as found nearer bath.

Margin left: P. 137

9. between theater and bath first layer removed being removed nearer theater.

Cleaning first layer between to palace and theater.

Cleaning first layer in dromos center

Cleaning first layer of orchestra.

Cleaning second layer all along west wall of south part of theater.

Cleaning fill down to floor in cistern s w of south of south part of theater

Cleaning first layer west of north part of theater.

Margin left: P. 137

Cleaning trench north of theater

10.11 stereo pair stones west of south part of theater, from north

Margin left: P. 137

12.13 same 10.11 but from NW

Margin left: P. 137

14.15 same 12.13 but from W.

Right page

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date 21 May 1949

small finds

Margin left: red: St 722

no. 1 piece of sculpture white marble polished, probably arm, second layer west of south portion of theater.

Margin left: red: Pl 46

no. 2 red: Pl 47 Pl 49 piece of coloured plaster multicoloured trench north of theater. Many pieces

[margin left: red: M 430 M 629] no. 3 nail with bent point trench north of theater many pieces of metal, nails, cups.

[margin left: red: St red: 720] no. 4 piece of marble cone frustrum of cone with hole in center first layer upper center part of theater.

[margin left: red: Pl red: 107] no 5 plaster Ionic volute fourth layer in dromos south of south part of Theater.

Margin left: red: St 719

no 6 flat lip of dish marble first layer orchestra of Theater

Margin left: red: St 723

no. 7 round part of stone dish with knob with decoration

Drawing: ] first layer orchestra

of Theater.

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

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