Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8·March–May 1951

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIV Mar.–May 1951George H. McFadden

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

Scan 46 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIV Mar.–May 1951), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 128Scan 46 of 93

Drawing: plan of wall foundations and rooms with measurements, grids, and layer descriptions

N. wall 2703 27.60m. S. of n. wall 4.7 restored coping st. restored stylobate 2 7+8 = small bits v dry shallow st nothing - but not real / but not rest of it el - nothing else 1. pl mottled 1 pl mottled also red waves M3 red waves (sieve) 3rd v dry 1/4 cat. A.D. F1742 1 pl mottled 2 red 1 pl ltt mottled + cl. c sieve 1 2 3 ca 27.05-5 N. S bldg. 3 P2720 1 pl mottled 4 pl mottled 5 1730? wall 80 m wide east wall of room 3 orthostate dry s tony short of e stylobate wall orthostate orthostate 7 >742 See also 2687-7 1 E 4 8 1 pl mottled 5 ca.57 cleared the draughtsman's 2 corners stop short of / e. wall foundation/ the s. ones under n stylobate wall 1 pl mottled + 2 red ware sherds & mottled & red el. 2 Brl/coars if probably - 4st. 3 1 pl mottled for 2703-4]

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13 AprilRoom 3 e. side 1.40-2.80 S. of n. wall 2687-1

7.80-10.10 s. of s. bldg. 44.00-49.50 e. of w. end 2673-2 (see also) (2689-5) F1751-4. 4th cent AD. F1768

Removed S. Bldg. room 3, east side 1.40-2.80m. south of n. wall 2687-1, moderately compact reddish soil with fair number of rough stones averaging slightly less than fist size but about 6 up to foot size. about 1/16 bucket sherds; 4 tile frags which I have placed in shard bag. No other finds.

Removed 7.80-10.10m s of s. bldg. 44.00-49.50 e. of w. end 2673-2 loose reddish brown soil without any stones; 8 tile frags; about 1/4 bucket sherds; Have thrown out tile frags. Four glass frags in box in sherd bag. Lamp frags F 1751 and 4 coins. vc 1752-4. No other finds. See Film 154 - 1300614.

14 [deleted: Dec] April 51

2687-2

4th cent AD.

Removed S. Bldg. room 3, east side 1.40-2.80 m. s. of n. wall, 2687-2, like 2687-1 except that no stones larger than fist size, moderate number stones only; 1 - 1/16 can bucket. tiles which I am stacking on east wall at 2.80m w. of s. of n. wall. About 1/16 bucket sherds, a few bones (in sherd bag)

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

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