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 45 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 45 of 77

93 dates 4 October 1949

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✓ W 12. Stones fourth layer of under mosaic north of garden. Soil removed.

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✓ 13. first layer removed by north wall of garden showing line and stones covered by first

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✓ 14. SW corner of entrance room foreign surface soil removed

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94 date 4 October 1949

Cleared third layer under mosaic north of garden. This layer was some something like a floor and covered a sort a sort of rocks. In south part corner these stones removed, and They go down to bed rock. In the south corner the stones are west of what seems a wall and they were lower than to the north.

Cleared first and second layers in north part of garden. It is cleared that the cistern in the middle of garden rests on second layer. The north wall us of garden in east section rests on bed rock covered by first and second layers.

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In Peter's Room 4 cleared third layer in west section by west wall. Clearing second layer in east part. N.B.. In west part, first layer consists of two layers which have been treatc considered to be one.

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Cleared drain or rather part beside west wall of Room S1 where soil changes about 40 cm below bed rock on west side stones on east. Cleared first layer beyond S1 to corner, layer about 20 cm. deep work stopped 12:00 holiday,

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

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