Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 15·May 1948–April 1949

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) VI May 1948–Apr. 1949George H. McFadden

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

Scan 13 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 15 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) VI May 1948–Apr. 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 15, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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25 May 1948 Removing stratum 2, Street 1, K-Λ, west 4-12; finished removing A-M, west 4-12; began removing H-Θ, west 4-8, second strat. Began removing strat. 2 E-G, west 10-12. No stones were found in Strat 1⑩ here and none likewise in strat 2 above bedrock which is high here. See section p 971. A few stones only near stake F, north 10. See Film 111, #4. Many stones however from G-11. Two coins, F304 and 305, both apparantly Hellenistic, found. See section p. 1019. Important for chronology this area. Few tiles and scarcely any stones coming from stratum 2, only brown earth and very small stones. See also coins F 306 & 307. Mr Hill continues to remove fallen wall opposite large threshold in alley. Coin Trench 9, Θ-L, 00 north-south. F 306 found here in Strat 1⑩.

26 May 1948 Finished removing Trench 9, Θ-L, 0-0 - 2 north Strat 1⑩ and began 2.

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

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