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 89 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.

Page 184Scan 89 of 97

18313 May 1950

[photograph] | 26 cutting in sixth layer outside of center dromos north part. cutting 20 to 30 cm wide.

In north parodos1, under stones a soft fill1 and then a harder flat surface^2, probably leveled for stones. Next3 a hard too^ irregular layer, whose east side slants toward wall, below this a layer of ha [inserted: sandy] of soft soil which covers a hard plaster layer^5, and below this a level of sand6 hard sand,6 which covers bed rock. The hard plaster layer is cut [symbol] around east post hole, This hole was filled level with soft sandy soil, to a depth of a few cm from edge of plaster layer, Below this, it was filled with a more soil-like layer. Just to the south of this is cutting in a hole [illegible] covered and fill by the same sandy soil. But this hole is in layer to mud fill.

N.B. This layer only a few cm deep. Another^7 layer of hard soil below it. The sixth covered cutting shown in photo no. 12 . p. 83.

Right page

N <- c.t = 10 cm

Drawing: plan with circular and rectangular features, labels and arrows

Label: hole in mud fill.

Arrow pointing left: <- cutting in plaster layer

Label: cutting in seventh layer.

Label sideways along left edge: East wall of north parodos

Arrow pointing left: <- cutting in plaster layer, 20 cm above bed.rock.

Numbers along edge: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Arrow pointing left: cutting in bed rock for post in sixth layer.

Roll 72, 2+3 photo of above.

Photograph

Photograph

P.T.O.

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

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