Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 5·July 1949

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

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

Scan 22 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 5 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace/Theatre) VII July 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 22 of 73

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22 July 1949In north west corner of area north of path, third layer is not as on p. 42. In this corner, from a point 50 cm south of north wall, along north of along west wall, probably to NE there is a slightly different soil lying on third layer. It went down 25 to 30 cm below top of stones which were probably of door.

Margin left, spanning 3 lines: P 135

21 bed rock between drains under mosaic from SW

Margin left, spanning 2 lines: P.135

22 bed rock between drains from north

Margin left, spanning 3 lines: P.135

23 bed rock between drains: from north east looking into SW corner.

The fill in the cistern under the mosaic goes down the same as far as we dug There were lines in it and they show that the soil came from the south side of mouth or possibly from entrance on south. There was one inclined in this south

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22 July 1949which was rock chippings. but above and below much the same sort with out here and there a line of stones across.

120 cm south of east drain leading from [bath] under mosaic, the foundation of circular bath projects. 45 cm whereas by east drain the this. foundation wall projects only 3 cm.

P.13524. picture of above.

P.135P.13525. wall west of cistern, south of 26. cistern from cistern cistern floor under mosaic,

P13527. photograph of bath under mosaic with ligning of cement on bottom removed

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

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