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 76 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 76 of 97

FINDS

1053. 6 la glass frags

W. of Temp. A room 2 1889-6

18 May50. P2285 1054 Shallow red ware bowl 3 frags - all joins bark Gr. dim. 0.025 m. Brown buff clay - hard baked, rather clean, thin red paint, poor gloss - rather mat! Low base ring

S.E. Bldg. room 3, 1887-3 from sherds bag marked 11 May numbered 18 May 50 .

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S.E. BLDG DIARY 18 May 1948

room 3 2 1885-6 sherds. No other finds. Removed also in depression in rock at west end of room, 1885-6, loose light colored soil - few & very small ones only. Found only 1 small sherdnon descript (0.002m gr. dim.) thrown out. Tiles - 4 row 5 E (1667) thrown out - non descript frags.

19 May50

room 2 portico 1669-2 Tiles stacked at E 20.00 S 1.00

Finished removing S.E. Bldg. in portico opposite room 2, red loose soil (1669-2) some rough stones about 1 1/4 wheelbarrow load of tiles, 2 handfuls of sherds, a few pieces of thin blown glass (thrown out) 2 boxes of wall plaster F 1055 & small box of iron frags F 1056 This is area opposite doorway of room 2 between fallen walls. Also dug debris over course of wall upon which the threshold block of room 2 rests. South of it to S. wall of room. Few tiles + sherds - undescript - thrown out.

room 3 1887-4 1887-5

In last few days removed S.E. Bldg. room 3, 1887-4 & 5. Stratum 1887-4 was a loose reddish soil with great quantity of stones large & small rough & worked For good worked blocks see

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

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