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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 87 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 87 of 97

Right page

DIARY 29 & 30 JUNE Hardly any digging. Cleaning up mainly. Michaelis, the foreman, continues to restore walls of room 3, Bath - now beginning to complete S.E. corner.

Margin left: Dump

Removing some of dump 18 m north of Bath.

[margin left: Cistern 1] Removing some stones and earth from Cistern 1 but no ancient fill or debris. This cistern was dug out before we came to Curium. There appears to be some ancient fill (or dump) left

Margin left: Finds

Have checked all coins and finds. All un numbered finds from Apollo in 2 baskets in west Apotheke.

Margin left: Coins

Have listed all coins from this and last seasons, yr and am packing these to take them to Nicosia for export license.

Have gone over all sherds. Have marked on back of tags how many, or

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

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