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 62 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 62 of 103

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Drawing: stratigraphic section showing layers and soil types; labels: TEMPLE A, north 28 00 E CELLA, CENTER | 1:25 | 26 00 NORTH | approx level of bottom of orthostates | loose red earth, rough stones see P1715-2 | reddish brown \ rough stones. nothing Roman noted | 3 sort \ very few \ w- tiles | very few stones redder soil. | 4 fist size or any \ to sherds no tiles | undug black soil

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DIARY 1722

of the two walls, fell first. See his note book, 15th, 18 Apr.

Tr. 11 Continuing to remove surface soil in Trench 11 area, south 10-18m, east 0-14, rather dark loose soil with many small rough stones. The stones become larger as we go deeper and includes worked blocks but these are being left as found. Removing only small rough stones as usual.

w. Propylae porch.

Removed part of 1661-2, all of it that was dark brown in color, the type of fill characteristic of strat. between 1661-2 levels x and y - along w. wall of porch. See Film 133-30 Left some between n. plinth and n. wall. Dark brown earth, loose, very few stones, some tiles, sherds, lamp frags. See Finds 857-860 incl. also F864

T.1347 F864 F857- -860

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

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