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 57 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 57 of 77

117 date 10 October 1949.

West of mosaic Under mosaic west of SW_{3} the fourth layer begins 55-60 cm below surface of mosaic. Rocks against west wall.

[photograph] 3. Stones on top of second layer east room, north of large room.

Cleaned third and fourth layers, in drain - so-called drain - north of EW under of EW wall in room east room north of large room. The fourth was 5-10 cm deep and rested on bed rock. Cleaned more of first layer and rocks.

Cleaned second third layers under mosaic west of SW_{3} cleaning fourth.

Cleaned second layer and third layer in south drain of east cistern east of Room [illegible]

Cleaned second layer around outlet of water-trough from cistern east of building.

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118 date 10 October 1949

[red ink: M032.[red ink: M577[red ink: L1068[red ink: M504[red ink: P181[red ink: L973-4-5] no. 11 piece of mosaic, 3rd layer west under mosaic west of SW_{3}. ] no. 12 metal object 3rd layer under mosaic west of SW_{3}. ] no. 13 handle of lamp type XXIII, first layer of east room north of large room. ] no. 14 metal object first layer of east room north of large room. ] no. 15 piece of coloured plastered first layer of east room north of large room. ] no. 16 fr. of lamps second layer in cistern from cistern east of building.

Cleared first layer room AB above older EW wall. The changes of soil under star and beyond stone north of EW wall not separated for sherds. It is The East wall rests upon the fill east of the stone north of the EW wall, and the first layer was put in afterward. The first layer is the same for all of the room except as noted above.

Clearing trench across entrance, entrance soil to north of entrance stair case.

Cleared first, second, third layer and clearing third in Room AE trench runs EW in middle of room.

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

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