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 58 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 58 of 102

1111

Alley, Trench 9, north line of trench A-B- facing north 1:50

A B

Drawing: section drawing; labels: ground level, late floor, 2, 1, Dug Autumn 1947, see p829

1.Debris, large blocks + other stones dug fall 1947.

2.Very clean soil, mud mortar from walls - no sherds

3.Debris of tiles + small rough stones. Very few sherds, nondescript.

Right page

DIARY 1112

9 June Men at Curium bluff cleaning palace and basilica. Mr. Hill and I at Nicosia.

10 June Same

11 June I see Mr. Hill off on Cyprus Airways, plane at Nicosia to airfield 7.30 AM. (LST). 10 men remove dump beyond limits of precinct wall near cistern 2. Anta capital placed on east wall of alley, for large central threshold, south side doorway as per Mr. Hill's directions.

12 June Digging in south end of alley, Trench 9 A-B south of s. threshold, p [red: 1003-4]. Continue to remove dump near cistern 2. Cleaning walls of grass. Dig also north of south threshold in alley, see section p. [red: 1109] sterct. 2, very clean fill without stones consisting of mud mortar from walls. Dug some strat also (A- ) near center of alley west side. Fill on east side removed last fall.

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

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