Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 9·March–April 1950

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Theatre) XI Mar.–Apr. 1950De C. Fales

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

Scan 42 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 9 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Theatre) XI Mar.–Apr. 1950), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 42 of 82

8723 March '50

Work began 0700

[photograph] | 13. South of south dromos between walls two and three cutting in lower part of third Third layer is really two layers Lower part of third layer begins about 11cm below top projection in east and west walls. The cutting which does not appear in upper part is about 15cm wide. This cutting was not observed in the part of third layer next to north wall, nor the division of third layer into two parts. This cutting is so narrow that it may represent only a softening beside wall.

South of arch east of orchestra, cleared third layer this a thin layer of black resting on a havara fill with flag stones. It was a floor which fill which produced a floor, and leveled off the layer below. There was no cutting in north part by south wall of arch. The south part abutts against bed rock.

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23 March '5088

Small finds [red ink: C 3213] | no. 1 [crossed out: Constantine Posthumous] Pravayns fill west of stage building [red ink: C 3214] | no. 2 [crossed out: illeg.] v Χριστοφορου on havara south of vault east of orchestra. [red ink: M 687] | no. 3 second layer south of south dromos, east of third wall, nail head. [red ink: St 829] | no. 4 part of sandstone decoration, lower part of third layer south of south dromos between walls two and three. [red ink: Pl 129] | no. 5 two pieces of coloured plaster third layer south of south dromos between walls two and three. [red ink: M 670] | no. 6 nails south of south dromos between walls two and three lower part of third layer. [red ink: M 204] | no. 7 fr. of mosaic in cutting area north of room Alpha, in fifth layer beside north wall where were steps.

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

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