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 60 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 60 of 74

30/3/50 Fifth layer. all late Hell, pale, no Rn. Red, 3/4/50 6th layer. Hell, incl one Red reddish broad-rib ribbed frag. ; 7 Samian. usual cooking vessels (30 sherds) 4/4/50. Cutting for Wall 3, in 8th layer. Two amphora necks.

Drawing: rim and handle; labels: Pale pinkish

clay with palebuff slip red grits inside handle. sect.]

Drawing: rim and handle; labels: violet-pink clay:

rather purplish in core handle sect]

one large piece of broad-wave red, much flaked (drawing)

3/4/50. Cutting for 3d. wall, in 7th layer - same material & part of same amph as above Late Hell. In other words the backfill is really what was dug out for the walls! Discard. Can't get a complete Amphora out of this.

6/4/50 cutting for wall 3. in 8th layer. Hell- E.R? 31/3/50 4th layer. Nothing distinctively late. Keep 5/4/50 Cutting for wall 3. Hell. E.R.?. Keep. 29/3/50. E of wall 3. 5th layer. All coarse amphora handles. (drawing) short, sharp (drawing) Pots of Red clay (drawing) one Discard

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5/4/50. Between walls 2-3 Cutting for wall 3. 7/4/50. Wall S of S dromos. 3d layer; Hell & E. R. 4/4/50. Between wall 2-3. 8th layer, Hell & Earlier 13/3/50 W. of drain, S. of S. Par, Northern part: Hell, Early Roman; arretine. Discard 2/5/50 W. of Reservoir, S. of S. Dromos. (i.e. W. of wall 1) Hell. ER - Discard. 29/3/50. West of wall 3. 5th layer - Hell. Disc has white hard, brick red no grit 21/4/50. S. of S Parodos cutting for wall of. S. Par in 5th layer - looks ER. - Hell but nothing sure. Too few sherds Keep. 27/3/50. East of wall 3. 4th layer; All coarse, inconclusive - Disc (Nothing late ?) 6/5/50. Wall cutting for wall 1, W.side. Hell, ER. Keep [sketch: foot profile; labels: foot of plate Arretine or pseudo arretine] 9/5/50 W. of Reserv. (Wall 1) 6th layer: Hell, Keep. 6/5/50 W. of " " 6th layer; Hell - ER. Keep. 5/5/50 W. of " Cutting for wall 1: Hell, 4th C. BC. tall amph. handle [sketch: handle profile; labels: light brick red. Keep]

Room T.4. 1/4/50. Cutting for E wall; Common ware, unident, but not very late. Keep 4/4/50 E. Room, T.4. 4th layer, up to 4th AD. - Discard 3/4/50 W.side 5th floor 6th layer; 3d. 4th C. " 30/3/50 East side 4th floor - 5th layer. Inconclusive, Disc 31/3/50 5th layer. 4th floor - late, 3-4th C D 29/3/50 3d layer 2d floor Incond. late. R 3/4/50 6th floor - 7th layer W.side, Coarse. Roman. D. 27/3/50 Επανω στο πατωμα. Late, ribbed soft br. clay D.

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

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