Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 8·1954

R. Stillwell, Kourion (Theatre) 1954R. Stillwell

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

Scan 11 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 8 (R. Stillwell, Kourion (Theatre) 1954), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 11Scan 11 of 74

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Column drums, etc, theater.

East dromos. 1 In window. Diameter = 0.455 2 On landing (shorter) Diam = 0.46 3 " " (taller) Top diam = 0.48; ht = 1.39; Bot. d = 0.4 Opposite bottom of dromos (frags). 4 Easternmost Diam = 0.50 5 Western Diam = 0.50

East parodos 6 Drum Diam 0.42 7 Base, poros, opp. E. end sc. fr. Ddiam 0.37.

Orchestra 8 Poros drum standing Top d = 0.43; ht = 1.31; Bot d = 0.42 9 " " in stair Top d = 0.39; ht = 1.01; bot d = 0.39- 10 Marble twisted - see diagram 11 Poros drum W. side frnt stage bldg diam = 0.46 12 Poros base - see diag.

Dump. 13 [left bracket: 13 to 14] { Dark greenish marble } diam = 0.29 14 { column frags. } diam = 0.28 15- poros base - see diagram 16 Corinthian capital, marble Bottom diam = 0.42; ht = 0.46; Top diag = 0.8[gap]

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17 July. 14. 7:00. Xypsto. 2 men. 4 women.

Drawing: paving slabs; labels: 1, 2, 3, 4, Steps.

1)Raising slabs in E Parodos.

2)Start trench 1 m. wide in Orchestra. N.E quadrant.

3)cleaning part of old trench across Orchestra.

Under (1) slabs find fill of sand - some poros chips. - To W. where slabs removed before poros chips - rise above bottom of slabs - The slabs left, nearest wall of par. seem to belong to it, and not to later paving. Under slab 3 very hard packed, with a few early sherds. (ca .20-.25 below pavement level. Long block 4 has Hell stucco on W side, and lower w. edge was plastered at foot after being laid. Under slab 1 at d. of 20-25 sherds all Hell or E.R. On rock cut which appears .90 W of Parodos wall, all sherds look Hell or ER. 1 small frag of a molded bowl. Just to W. of this cut is a hollow with later stuff. incl. a frag of mosaic!- See- p. -

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

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