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 64 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 64 of 101

133 date

with them, The floors second layer may have been used as a floor but this seems unlikely in view of its clarity in the west east part and the way it was cut in the east part. (p. 76) Large Room, SW corner, Room large SE corner, Fourth layer, C 2995 layer below stone filling even with bedrock. C 3034 Fifth C 2997 Honorius, The fifth layer extended from to both walls whereas, the s p. 89, whereas the sixth er was cut for both, p. 102 to p. 104. The cutting in fifth layer in East part of large room, p. 47, is the cutting in Between Rooms AH + A9 in sixth in west v. p. 85. check Third C 2997 Honorius. p. 40, p. 46. , p. 54 This layer must be contemporary with the p.53- vol. IX original filling of room. Check its depth for positive confirmation.

West of large Room, South trench Second layer C 2963 The second layer extends to wall on east side and has a cutting in it for the pipe from drain of garden pool. , p 146, vol p.156, VIII p. 114 p.13, vol. IX

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date note no cutting in south trench cutting on other side of wall.

p. 55 vol. IX134

The third layer in the north trench is cut for east wall, and in the south trench there is also a cutting v. p. 13, vol. IX ^and p. 15. Check depth. This coin proves that the layer connected with drain pipes is as level laid in the time of Honorius. Because of the nature of the cutting and the hardness of the soil, it is highly very probable that the cutting for the pipes was made at the same time as the floor was laid. Here a N.B. cutting in second layer north trench probably cutting for pipe. pp. 55 vol. IX and p. 142 IX

Room Δ/ Floor only floor connected with bath building so First C 3047 Arcadius This top floor must be the only and original floor check. This is probably v. p. 166.

Room Epsilon Second C 3076 This coin only probably Honorius. Honorius? The second layer must be part of the filling to raise the level of the floor even with that of the mosaic walk. Because of the socle on south wall, it seems high improbable that this could be wall could have existed without this that this layer was not part of the original building,

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

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