Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 6·September–October 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) VIII Sep.–Oct. 1949De C. Fales

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

Scan 37 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 6 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) VIII Sep.–Oct. 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 37 of 77

77 date 1 October. 1949

[photograph] 29. Room S, cleared of first layer in south part showing drain filled and soil level with sides of drain.

Cleared in SW corner of garden the part just south of south east corner. The fill went down to bed rock with the similar soil to that further east. This soil lay on top of wall just of west part of wall, wall south of fish bath.

In SW3 cleared fill down to bed rock. Bed rock rough. Third layer.

In Pete's Room K, cleared first layer, cement north of rockan. cutting and south of plaster, next to north wall. Th Took away plaster beside wall. Then soft filling beside beside wall v. p. 76.

Cleared Room WMN down thirid layer in south part between two walls. South wall and wall just north. of it

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78 date 1 October 1949

Cleared Clearing fill first layer in west part

The It was impossible to go down further than 80 cm. x in Room WMN between two walls because foundations for walls approached together so closely that further progress was impossible without destroying walls. x 80 cm below top of foundation for wall for south wall.

In Pete's Room K in part west of NS cutting of bed rock, digging trench. 60 cm, whose west side is 60 cm from N to S east of wall. It extends across room. In south part it rested on bed rock.

East South of place for water in garden removed soil as found. This covered a s tones and a thin layer of soil which extends under foundations of place for water.

In Room WMS, cleared 5th layer, clearing sixth.

Cleared first layer down to bed rock by south wall west east of stair entrance

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

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