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 6 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 6 of 99

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date 7 June 1949

Small Finds

Margin left: St 739

no. 1 piece of marble moulding first layer SW of orchestra.

Margin left: St 736

no. 2 piece of marble moulding first layer SW of orchestra [illegible] same style as other two pieces.

[margin left: Sh. 1331] no 3 byzantine sherd 4. in lower part of fill north of north part of theater [illegible] [illegible] first layer composed mostly of stones.

Margin left: L 875

no. 4 piece of lamp in fill in in entrance no. 2 under south dromos in balk type XXIV?

Margin left: L 807

no. 5 fr of lamp type XXVII-VIII semi-pierced handle third layer between theater and palace.

[margin left: M 477] no. 6 small spoon with long handle second layer west of north part of theater.

[margin left: Ins. 95] no. 7 part of inscription first layer west of orchestra. N

[margin left: St 737-8 St 782] no. 8 capital of pilaster first layer west of parodos west i.e. west of west section of parodos.

Right page

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date 7 June 1949

Cleaning first layer west of south parodos

Cleaning first layer SW of orchestra. i e. west of west part of south parodos

Cleaning first layer west of orchestra

Cleaning second layer west of north part of theater.

Cleaning first layer north of theater. In west part many loose stones.

In center dromos north part. cleaning layer noth of stone just south of entranece no 4. This fill consists of loose stones and slants up toward the north

In center dromos south part, cleared fill of loose stones and sand between two walls which were built on fill This fill goes down almost to [illegible] floor level

Between theater and palace and beyond entrance under dromos no. 3 cleared first three layers. cleaning fourth hard layer against wall of dromos

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

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