Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 2·May–June 1949

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) VIII May–June 1949George H. McFadden

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

Scan 7 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 2 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) VIII May–June 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 2, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 7 of 97

1411

Between 2 parallel east precinct walls at 2.80 m from north cross wall at s.e. corner of Temple B precinct

Drawing: section diagram

1 2 3 F763 4 dark loose soil no sherds or tiles many rough stones varying size no essential difference red earth - not bottom]

2. very few tiles - coarse local - 6 small frags - very few sherds - non descript - thrown out 2 ter figurines kept. F

3.

4, 1st cent. A.D. lamp frag. - unribbed * F763 1st cent. A.D. lamp.

Right page

DIARY 1412 W. of BATH Dug west of Bath, as yesterday, clearing down to bedrock, over ledge.

S. of BATH Continued removing debris of stones south of Bath asyesterday. Also began digging here Trench 9 od and nofth 0-2 h-v, stratum 0-20 cm above bed rock. Loose light buff brown soil, very few stones; some tiles, very few sherds.

Continued digging out cistern 3. Reached depth of over 4.30 m from top of copeing.

27 May49 p 1411 East precinct walls Removing strat 3 between 2 parallel east precinct walls 0-9 meters s.e. of s.e. corner of Temple B precinct. See section p. 1411 and Film 125 - 15+16. Strat 1 contained dark grey soil with many rough stones of varying sizes; strat 2 much the same, but not so dark and contained a few sherds + some though very few tile frags. Strat 1 had no sherds or tiles cont p. 1416

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

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