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 23 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 23 of 104

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Drawing: architectural section; labels: Street 1, section st 52 looking north, 8, 10, modern ground level, dark soil - no cl. is ribbed, 2, same, 12

2. Many classical sherds - figurines - some ribbed. Except in surface soil rarely anything until later than 1st cent. A.D. - ribbed ware quite exceptional

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DIARY 1244 cont fr. p. 1242 Began clearing mosaic floor, s. of s.e. room of Bath, Tr 9, p - t, north 4-8, and began clearing mosaic floor north of cave south of Bath, Tr. 9, ξ - π, north 2-4.

I122 / F57121 April, 1949 Bath, central room, south side, finished removing strat 2 (section p. 1221) and began strat. 3. See Film 120-8-9 incl. Bath, s.e. room, finished removing strat 3 of s.e. room and began strat. 4. See sections pp. 1225 and 1227, also Film 120 - 3,4 & 5, 13 & 14. Strat 3, is all debris consisting of a few worked blocks, some rough stone but very little rubble on whole, many bricks, chunks of lime plaster and gypsum. See A3 (p. 1246) Removed n. w. room of Bath strat, 2a save for worked blocks and began removing 2 (see section p. 1254) 2a seemed a little looser than 2, but contains the same debris. See Film 120-11 Brown soil with fair amount of rubble Continued removing 3, 1239-2a. Bath, room 3, digging below level of east threshold

cont. p. 1248 … continues

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

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