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 50 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 95Scan 50 of 74

Aug 19Bath: Floor above pilae. of 3 layers of brick, the lower one corbelling from the pilae. Total thickness of 3 layers about 0,15. Fin floor probably almost level with top of heavy stone courses. On suspensura, a layer of round, flattish beach pebbles. laid with lime mortar. No remains of marble save in S. Tank of Caldarium.

Drawing: section of floor construction; labels: none

West tank 1.20 × 2.45.

Right page

W. Praefurnium. W > .20 <

< c. 2.50 to S. face of > wall.

Drawing: plan with brickwork and walls; labels: end of heavy masonry, BRICK, F

as far W. as the bridge for the round kiln. brick work is up to level of W. water basin. shows much burning. The bottom of the straight praefurnium not dug out toward W. it must have been deeper

Drawing: section

The O prae. is probably only a kiln of a late period when bath was abandoned? Level is too high to serve for hypocaust

Note: brickwork of early Praef. uses sea-pebble mortar as does the bath.

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

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