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 30 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 30 of 73

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24 July 194923. South west corner of room 24 north of bath under mosaic.

In bath under mosaic, the bottom is composed of a four layer about 6 cm thick of hard brownish plaster. There is on the top of this layer a part about 1 to 2 cm thick and under this, the layer is composed with 3 tones. Though the surface of this cement resembles in colour that on the sides of the bath, inside, that on the sides, is darker brown. However, the cement on the bottom of the bath is harder than that on the sides. Under this layer, is about the thick of floor about 6 cm thick there is another layer of cement and, stones. This layer is composed of a whiter, more plaster like, cement softer cement mixed with bluish small pebbles.

N.B. For the upper level 6 cm first layer

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24 July 1949there is a very fine brown grain sand sparsely distributed throughout

25 possibly wall of cistern south wall cistern under mosaic

26 wall of cistern of cistern south 27. side looking up between two walls.

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

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