Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6·May–December 1950

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XII May–Dec. 1950George H. McFadden

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

Scan 28 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XII May–Dec. 1950), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 28 of 100

2253 South Building Corridor 1 (between rooms 1 and 2) South end at 0.10 m. north of south wall - section

Looking north Scale 1:25

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing layers 1, 2, and fill; labels: Room 1, some ribbed, 1, upper part of 2 is debris, 2, bottom of 2 is probably fill, 2260, fill - undug

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DIARY 2254

cleaning10 Nov. 1950 Clearing πλατεία between street 1, and Temple A of stones and last year's dump. Christo and 6 other men. Christo mending on site.

11 Nov. 1950 [margin left: S.E. Bldg. room 1 debris 1685-3] Began removing S.E. Bldg. room 1, p1685-3 fallen stones in debris over central part of room 1, but leaving all stones that have retained their original relative positions in wall.

[margin left: S. Bldg. S. wall] Removing fill - fallen fill - from over foundation of south wall of S. Bldg. at south end of first corridor between rooms 1 and 2, counting from east.

13 and 14 Nov. 1950 [margin left: S.E. Bldg. room 2 p1685-3] S.E. Bldg. room 1, removed 1685-3 debris down to level of 0.140 m. below top of east wall which served as threshold to central part of room. Reddish

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

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