Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 1·April–May 1949

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

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

Scan 100 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 1 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) VII Apr.–May 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 100 of 104

1397

Bath, east end of room 3 hypocaust

Drawing: plan of walls and pillars; labels: 2, 3, 1, arrow pointing N

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DIARY 1398

3 sherds only. No stones. Finished removing surface soil, Trench 9, O-1K, O-O; and north O-2, dark, gray loose soil, and began removing debris under it. See Film 125-10.

25 May49 [margin left: BATH room 3] Removed 1289-3a, east end of hypocaust, room 3 under floor, between west face of pillars supporting edge of floor and west face of pillars next to it to east. I am calling this compartment a. See section p 18 1289. Two tile frags. from this strat. One 22 x 7 x 3 cm 5 cm above floor about 8 cm from most northern pillar. Another tile frag. (probably a panel) just east of it between 4 pillars of compartment a also 0.05 m above the floor. Measures .25 x .30 x 0.021. Strat. 3 here is pitch black. A natural accumulation during period of use. Removed another tile frag. measuring .17 x .085 x .026 m (one side intact) between pillars 1 and 2 (see plan p. 1397) Greatest height from floor 0.515; minimum dist. cont. p1404

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