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 7 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 7 of 102

11 date 2 May 1949

of lowest horizontal wall block on south side a hard layer of soil.

Cleared all of cistern east of Room W of soft soil except drains. and hole in East extension. In South front extension the soil went down to bed rock remaining virtually the same. Beg North of line of south extension soil became different about 30 cm above bedrock. Clearing hard soil in cistern under west part of wall. Wall built across E W wall and soil from hard fill dumped in it

Clearing first layer of upper central part of theater. Clearing second layer of directly south of south wing and west north of wall of dromos. This layer continued over SN wall cut closing dromos and down to change of soil. Layer below mixture of white plaster line small pebble pelets and black Clearing third layer south of south dromos.

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12 date 3 May 1949 - 2:35

work began 0620

work stopped 12:00 work began 12:50

[boxed: sherdbag / 40Cleaning hard fill in cistern East of Room W. Clearing soil to last] layer just above floor. And fill in drain and drain hole This fill slightly different from soil above. This fill changes in drain from west part of cistern to just below level of side cutting stones at this level rather firmly packed. Drain, northern drain. P. 148 no. 12 Room Alpha cleared of first layer. P. 148 vol IV P. 148 no. 13 stones in drain northern drain of cistern East of Room W. P. 148 vol IV

Clearing first layer room Alpha.

Clearing second layer in dromos south of south part of theater. This layer decomposed chavasca and traces of cement.

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

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