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

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

·

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

Scan 28 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 28 of 73

55

P11423 July 19496. East side of wall on bed rock built over entrance, that closed of cistern.

P1147. west side of wall of entrance over entrance closed of cistern

The cistern under mosaic is covered with a single layer of cement. The coat on its upper part near mouth is hard and creamy in colour smooth and creamy in colour. The top edge is bevelled off to a fine point and reaches up to a point where bedrock begins to cease be horizontal for last time. The coating follows contour of rock. The cement has small blue pebbles which some times appear on surface and at other times are hidden. There is no trace of a water deposit on upper surfaces.

P.1148. blank.

9. showing blue cement stopping

Right page

55

23 July 1949just under upper horizontal part of cistern.

P11510. the same as 9.

11. blank

12 piece of marble with decoration under side, of of drain piece with drain hole, in from foot bath of apsidal bath. The left side is taken looking at it is under the first step of steps leading from foot bath of apsidal bath to bath.

13. 14 wall under foot bath of mosaic bath showing east wall of drain cutting wall of bath.

P11515.16 wall under foot bath of mosaic bath showing wall of mosaic bath going back and cutting wall of cistern.

P.11617. 18 wall of 15 and 16.

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

Spotted a wrong reading? Write to us or use alexis@ancientcyprus.com