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 75 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 75 of 77

153 15 October 1949

Here the fill went down almost to bottom of drain with a sandy brown soil. Over the bottom was a soil gray and soft. These layers were not separated in digging The gray bottom soft layer was very thinly 3 or 4 cm.

At west end of drain, but in line inside building, removed stones and discoverd marble lion fountain. This was lying facing west and its base was just under the stone on south side of drain, The stone whose western edge is 164 cm east of eastern western edge of stone which forms part of west wall. The soil here The soil here is red-brown and sandy the same as on eastern side of drain.

Cleared second layer of trench across entrance the southern eastern extension over walls, clearing fins on opp. northern side. It is obvious that the west wall of entrance and that is its foundations were meant to be hid. covered and that therefore all the soil to east is fill thrown in on purpose after wall was built all except lowest layer in center.

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154 date 15 October 1949

Cleared first layer in trench across Room A9. Clearing second second obviously a fill for floor above.

Clearing surface soil in we north part of entrance.

Clearing surface east of building Revealed cave.

Cleared tumble SE corner of tepidarium.

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

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