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 26 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 26 of 104

1249

Scale 1:50 Facing South at point 0.56 m north of south wall of room 4, Bath See s/50 section p. 1245.

Drawing: section diagram; labels: BATH

Room 4 praefurnium heavy debris 2 loose light brown soil no tiles. few large rough stones step wall 2. ribbed ware mostly; characteristic of period of destruction (4th cent.)]

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DIARY 1250 cont. fr. p. 1248 section p 1237. See Film 120-11. Began removing Street 1, Ω-A1 west 0-6 surface soil - dark with no debris. Mr. Hill digging below level of east threshold of room 3, (Bath). Began removing debris left in s.e. corner of n.w. room of Bath down to level of top of east threshold block. See Film 120-23. Coin found here at level of top of threshold block F572. See Film 120-29.

[margin left: F572 Anastasius I 491-518 A.D.]

23-25 Apr. Easter holidays.

26 April Removing surface soil from room south of n.w. portion of room 3, Bath. Clearing floor of large plunge bath Mr. Hill working in room 3 of Bath. See his note book. In cave immediately to south of bath, dug down through a clean undisturbed stratum of fallen pulverized chovara, to a level where a considerable amount of look gravel occurs. In opinion of sub foreman, Michalis, a mason, this is fallen plaster in a decomposed condition. It

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

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