Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 4·July 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace/Theatre) VI July 1949De C. Fales

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

Scan 10 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 4 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace/Theatre) VI July 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 10 of 99

25 date 9 June 1949

work began 0630

In entrance no. 1 under south dromos, soil begins one meter under ceiling and continues down for [about?] .4 meter with first layer.

In walk outside center dromos NE of wall no. 5 beyond entrance under dromos no. 3 no. 3 under dromos, below fourth layer and upon seventh layer SW of entrance no. 3, there is near outer wall of outside walk another layer the fifth layer extends out about it one meter from top of of preserved wall, sloping down.

work stopped 11:45 work began 12:35

[margin left: P. 148 no. 20] stone 902 in situ entered in seventh layer in entrance no. under dromos.

v, p. 29

Right page

26 date 9 June 1949

Small finds

Margin left: St 629

no. 1 piece of marble, first layer west of south parodos [margin left: Mo 162] no. 2 piece of mosaic fourth sixth layer between theater and palace beyond entrance no. 3 under center dromos [margin left: Mi 413] no. 3 piece of wood with burnt end in first and entrance no 1 under to south dromos, first layer

Margin left: St 740

no. 4 part of lip of stone vase in entrance no. 1 under south dromos first layer. [margin left: Mi 450] no. 5 dung or olive nuts from second layer in entrance no. 1 under south dromos [margin left: Sh 1330] no. 6 neck, handle and shoulder of vase with sharp division between neck and shoulder and on shoulder in black coloring the letter O and letter P or possible B second layer in entrance no. 1 under south dromos. [margin left: St St 632 738] no. 7 piece of marble moulding in west part of south dromos above floor, between floor furnace and stair.

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

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