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 40 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 40 of 102

77 date 25 May 1949

work began 0625. In entrance of top of south part of [shred bag 27] theater, this fifth layer is virtually flat and begins on top of fifth step from top not counting the surface of the floor as a step. In entrance of above, sixth layer extends only over last step and is dug in straight and does not turn up on East side.

work stopped 12:00 work began 13:55

28. dromos center portion south 29. east second layer removed showing stones. looking NW 30. dromos center portion south east showing black layer in entrance to theater, east side. 31 black burned line in center dromos look ing East.

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78 date 25 May 1949

Small Finds L 881 L 1217 no. 1 fr. of lamps one type XXIII-1411 in second layer west of south part of theater.

no. 2 fr of plaster fourth layer in entrance to of south part of theater Mo 138 Mo 171 no. 3 84 fr of mosaic fourth layer in entrance to south part of theater St 688 no. 4 fr of sandstone architecture carving in soft northern part west of south section of theater second Mo 91 no. 5 2 fr. of mosaic fifth layer in eas entrance of south part of theater. L 402 no. 6 lamp type XXIII first layer of dromos center part

M 824 no. 7 (drawing) first layer of dromos center.

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

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