Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 8·November 1949

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) X Nov. 1949De C. Fales

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

Scan 50 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 8 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Palace) X Nov. 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 50 of 101

105 date 25 November 1949

[photograph; below photo: 17] 16. showing south extension of west wall of room theta.

In middle cistern floor slopes down from side to center. The floor was covered with cement. The cement had small blue pebbles. The cistern is about 10 meters deep. The soil is much the same and towards edges not more than 20cm deep.

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106

date 28 November 1949

work has stopped.

In south mosaic, west of NS wall. sixth layer removed.

18. picture of above. [photograph; above photo: 18]

In room directly west of north north part of south mosaic room, the north and south walls lie on top of middle NS wall. Yes! The south wall cuts across mosaic and the m is the mosaic does not extend east of middle NS wall, it is quite probable that the mosaic ended against middle NS wall. The middle Yes. North south wall appears to go goes probably to bed rock. Certainly the north wall east of middle NS wall rests on soil and the east wall, (the west wall of NS south mosaic room) rests on soil though it goes down deeper than north wall. The Yes found mid NS wall was covered to

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

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