Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 3·May–June 1950

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) IX May–June 1950George H. McFadden

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

Scan 30 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 3 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) IX May–June 1950), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 3, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 1657Scan 30 of 103

PLAN TRENCH 11, scale 1:50

Drawing: grid lines labelled at edge with: 12 e, 14, 16 e, 12 e, 14 e; arrow indicating north

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DIARY 1658

Temple A

Digging in Temple A, w. cella, north 24-25, east side, below top of center wall & reached a depth of 0.50 m. Many large rough stones and loose brown earth - all fill. Large worked blocks appearing at 0.50 m below wall. Mehmet digging down to approx. floor level in east cella, north end. Loose, dark brown earth. See Film 131 - 15 & 16. Mehmet finding many tiles and rough stones of varying size - all debris. Nikolas digging west cella, east side, north 8-16, surface soil in old wheelbarrow path - darkish loose soil

3. APRIL MONDAY

Temple A W. cella

Digging Temple A, n. 24-25 n. cella, e. side, 1.00 - 1.50 m below center wall - many stones including large ones and some worked blocks. See Film 131-17 Loose brown soil - only 2 small frags of tiles from top of wall down to bedrock. cont. p. 1666

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

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