Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11·March–May 1937

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) II Mar.–May 1937George H. McFadden

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

Scan 23 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) II Mar.–May 1937), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 258Scan 23 of 99

See Folios 202, 58, 38 Folio 16, 202

EAST STAIRWAY WALL OF TEMPLE B

Drawing: architectural cross-section with layers, labels: 2, 3, SURFACE SOIL, 1, dark brown, 2, Red Soil, 3, 2, 3, SURFACE, INNER PRECINCT, WALL, 15 cm. east of street

Right page

Diary 1937 April 1 & 2 Trench 9 J - K south 14-16, I-K south 12-14. Z - O south 10-16. A - A south 14-18. Bp - δ south 10-18. n - θ south 10-16 Street 1, M - Ξ west 0-8. West of Temple B (always west of moulded base) A - A west 2-8. (A at south west corner of moulded base, .915 2 metres north of it on moulded base). Trench 9 b Λ - M north 6-14, K - Λ north 0-4 Λ-M north 0-2 I-K south 0-8. E-I south 0-2 (Street 1, Ξ and trench 9 south 32 lie on same line. Street 1 Ξ = trench 9 H - I west 32.) Began digging 2nd stratum of water conduit trench 9 C a-γ south 14-15. 1st stratum nos 270 surface soil & dark brown second stratum - red earth - sherds - no stones - 3rd stratum cut into made earth by workmen.

April 3+ 5 (yesterday) Tr. 9 H - Z south 8-10. Λ - M south 0-14. K - Λ 4-8 M - N north 24-32 Street 1 M - Ξ west 0-8 West of Temple B A - E west 8-10 [illegible] 255

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

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