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 34 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.

Page 1265Scan 34 of 104

Margin left: Scale 1:50 facing South: Section line 0.35 m n. of S. wall room 5 BATH

Drawing: section diagram of bath room 5; labels: modern ground level, large rough stones, loose brown earth, 2, threshol[d], 4, (BATH, room 5), section p. 1255

Fill in S.W. opening in east wall.

1.No sherds - tiles + plaster - heavy debris

2.Same

5.A few lightly ribbed - most look early Roman or earlier 6 No ribbed - 2 4g ribbed - rest unribbed - pure destruction fill

Right page

DIARY contd. fr. p. 1260 1266 moved p. 1259-2 Street 1 X-A west 2-4 depth 10 - 45 cm. reddish, loose soil, only very small stones, no debris, but fair number of tiles. Also Street 1 X-Ω, west 0-2, X-Ω strat. 2, same as previous.

Margin left: 1259-2

Margin left: street

2 May49 Finished digging Tr 9 north 14-16 (E - 100 - G) - 7 - 8 depth 0 - 48 cm. See Film 121 - 35 and 122 - 2. Dark surface soil with very few rough stones only - some large blocks found in situ. Began removing 2d stratum between walls Trench 9, on either side of Grid Θ north 6 - 10; after removing worked blocks over strat. 2 and setting them on east wall (just east of Grid Θ) See Film 122 - 3 + 4, and for blocks before removal 121 - 10. Began removing heavy stone debris Tr. 9, K-W. north 2-6 dark loose surface soil. See Film 122-5. In room 3, Bath, Mehmet is tracing parts of floor which are still intact, or perticilly so. Mr. Hill has handed over this room to me as of today. ty room 5, continuing

[margin left: Bath w. precinct]

[margin left: room 3]

cont. p. 1270

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

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