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 50 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 50 of 103

1697 cont. fr. p 1691

Drawing: line profile; labels: 29.00, 28.00, 26.00, p2171, Datum "Y", 24.00, wall, cont. to p. 1701, 22.00, 21.00

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DIARY 1698

April 7 No excavating owing to rain.

April 8 Half day only. April 9, 10 & 11 Easter holidays

1681-21699-1April 12 [margin left: Temp. A n. of e cella] Finished digging north of threshold, in north wall of east cella, center of TEMPLE A. [margin left: 1681-3 F976] section p. 1681-3; no debris in 3, a fill like 2, but with redder soil and with some small rough stones smaller than fist size. See Diary for April 5 for 1681-2. Few tiles in 3 but about 1/10 of a tin of water pipe frags in area 1.00 x 1.65 x 0.25. TEMPLE A, SOUTH END, below level of raised floor and south of preserved late floor at extreme north end between naves, removed a stratum which looks like debris, soft brown earth, few tiles - p 1699-1 Before work we dug here down to level of top of preserved floor. See Film 132-19 & 20. It would appear that this floor

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

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