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 53 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 53 of 103

1703 | DIARY 1707-1 | 0.80 - 1.10 below top of stairway -2 | much the same, but with reddest -3 | soil. About 1/8 tin tiles in area 2.90 x 2.00 x 0.30. About 1/3 bag tin of sherds. The 3rd stoicti was very dark, but otherwise also much the same - depth 1.10 - 1.53 below top of lower stairway. Very few tiles in area 2.00 x 2.90 x 0.43 - about 1/15 of tin, but a full tin of sherds. See p 1707-1, 2 and 3.

In west wall of east

TempleAArt.191222cella center, placed two large upper blocks more securely on wall. See Film 132 - 14 and 15, and Arch blocks no.s 191 and 222. (This was done yesterday).

Prop- | In PROPYLON PORCH porch | extended excavations 0-2 m west of porch removing turf grown here since the war. Before war some surface soil had been removed. The turf was approx at the late ground level of p 1659 - x or a little below it. I have taken the level and I see now 1659-y | that the turf is at approx the level of 1659-y, the

Right page

6 | FINDS | 1704 835. | (drawing) Coin cleaned IMP C M AUR CARUS AUG 282-283 Bernhart 306 C 560

Trench 11, 00, 4E, surface 12 Apr. 50

C 561

836?(drawing) Coindv
Constantine II

Temple A, e cella, center, against west face of east wall at 0.19m below top of course on which the orthostates once stood. See Film 132 - … continues

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

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