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 84 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 84 of 103

1767

TEMPLE A, E CELLA, CENTER, NORTH 15.50 LOOKING NORTH SCALE 1:25

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orthostate about to fall. rough stones very loose 1 stones havara 2 see. 1711-2a top of stone. undug nothing Roman noted no chovara intrusive 2a chavara undug 3a 1 hole Roman 2 x = footing trench ? pipe line ? 3a diary p. 2216 2a reddish loose earth with many rough stones 3a dark soil, many rough stones ]

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DIARY 1768

TEMPLE A 1757-2

1757-1

W. Bldg. room 3 1757-2

1757-3

Fence

In Temple A, west cella, north 5.00 - 8.50, removed p. 1757-2, many sherds, about 2 1/2 buckets full, a few tiles, about 1/3 of a bucket. 1757-1 contained about same quantity of tiles and 1/3 bucket of sherds. The soil was reddish with not quite so many stones. This first strat in fill below floor level was removed yesterday.

In W. Bldg., room 3, (see also Diary p. 1750) removed in east end of room p 1751-2, much like 31, very clean, light reddish soil. with hardly any stones, rough ones only & very small, 1/2 dozen tile frags, 1/6 bucket of sherds. in area 2.50 x 0.70 x 0.13. Also removed 1757-3 (1752-3). Darker soil, loose, with some rough stones, small ones only. Not fallen rooflooked more like fill, 9 tile frags about 1/3 bucket of tiles, some glass, thin blown variety, 9 Roman lamp frags & one Greek black glazed nozzle.

W. of propylon porch digging down to what looks like the late floor level in vicinity of cave a little further to the west.

1 man on fence only

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

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