Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 4·May 1950

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) X May 1950George H. McFadden

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

Scan 59 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 4 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) X May 1950), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 1914Scan 59 of 97

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S.E. Bldg. / room 3 / 1887-3DIARY 13 May 50 Removed S.E. Bldg. room 3, p 1887-3, loose red soil, great many rough stones, large & small, for which see Film 138-19: also worked blocks for which see Film 138-16, 17 & 20, and draughtsman's plan; removed 3 buckets of sherds, and great quantity of tiles which I have stacked up in court at E 13.00, N 3.00. The pile measures 0.85 x 0.96 x 0.40 m. Found glass, lamps, glass, coins F 1000 - 1004 incl. 1005-7 incl, and iron frags 1017.

Margin left: BAG 1 / ordinary / sherds / BAG 2 / red / wares

Margin left: F 1000-4 / 10005-7. / 1017

room / 2 / 1667-315 May50 Removed S.E. Bldg. room 2, 1667-3, reddish loose soil, much of soil characteristic of fallen roof, many rough stones, see Film 133-13; about 1/2 bucket of sherds - removed in 2 bags - Bag no. 2 containing sherds found in S.W. corner only, and Finds 1008-13 incl. Bits of painted wall plaster were found everywhere in this structure, some samples being particularly good - blue, red & green are about the only colors noted. Panels with borders in these colors. In 1667-3 appeared a number of piled up cover tiles which appear to have been stored here before the roof of the building caved in. See

Margin left: F / 1008-13

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

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