Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 10·April–May 1950

D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Theatre) XII Apr.–May 1950De C. Fales

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

Scan 43 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 10 (D. Fales, Kourion Complex (Theatre) XII Apr.–May 1950), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 7, folder 10, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 43 of 97

91 27 April 1950

Cleared eighth, ninth layers, between theater and palace north section. Cleared part of tenth and eleventh layers togethe Tenth somewhat level and lying upon an irregular fill of stone chippings. The eighth was the only definitely walked upon surface was contemporary with plaster on wall. The ninth may have been walked upon. East of the ocave entrance where the stones begin must have been a step or steps.

North of north dromos and just east of north, \extension of wall (parodos?) third layer ends on a stairs. As the stones against north wall east of north extension of north parodos rest on a different soil from the rest of third third layer. This different soil is a hard clayey substance. It is 50 to 60 cm deep, and the stones. It may represent a cutting for the stones above.

In north part of sub room 1, a floor a few centimeters on bed rock.

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28 April 195092

Work began 0630

In area west of cistern south of south dromos, the first floor is a few cm deep as is the second [illegible] layer. The third is deeper. The top of the fourth is about 45 cm below top of first floor lower part. The fifth of fourth begins about 53 cm below top of lower part sixth 80 cm.

30. showing wall 31. in north trench east of center dromos resting on eighth layer.

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32. stereo 33. pair of stones north of north wall of north dromos

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Photograph

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

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