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 46 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 46 of 102

89 date 26 May 1949

Clearing trench north of theater. Clearing first layer center dromos, north section th Clearing first layer center dromos middle, fill many loose stones. Clearing third entrance to colonnade second layer, a reddish sandy fill. Clearing second layer of dromos center, south part Fill of stones begins 4.5 m s w of wall across dromos, wall sw of third entrance. and stones on facet the face of wall to NW begin at this point. Here stones seem to lie above burnt black line as in at entrance number one. However this burnt black line does not extend back to east wall but it does slope down towards s w where there are many large stones. n.B. in entrance no. 2 two large stones under black layer.

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90 date 21 May 1949 M543 no. 13 nails from trench to north of theater.

entrances to theater.

Drawing: theater entrances; labels: 1, 2, 3, Stair, large entrance, doorway.

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

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