Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 11·1946–1947

J. H. Young, III Kourion Complex 1946–1947John Howard Young

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

Scan 8 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 11 (J. H. Young, III Kourion Complex 1946–1947), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 11, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 8 of 108

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TO SUMMARIZE:

THE EXCAVATION OF A TRIAL PIT IN THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING N + E OF ALT. 2 WAS PROVES THAT THE ALTAR DID NOT PROCEED UNDER OR THROUGH THIS BUILDING BUT WAS A SEMICIRCLE BUILT AGAINST ITS S. FACE.

THE UNCATALOGUED SHERDS ETC. ARE OF LITTLE INTEREST, AT PRESENT, BUT MAY INTEREST THE FUTURE STUDENT OF THIS BUILDING. THEY ARE STORED IN SEPARATE LABELLED SACKS ALL WITHIN ONE LARGE SACK, CLEARLY MARKED + PLACED IN THE SMALL APOTHEKE WITH TR. 7 SHERDS.

THE LATEST DATABLE FINDS IN THE LEVEL FROM BEDROCK - 45 CM (BELOW THE BUILDING WALL SO PREDATING IT) ARE C. III BC.

THE FILL FROM 45 CM - 10 CM (WHERE THERE WERE FLOOR PLAQUES) CANNOT BE EARLIER THAN C. 150 AD, IF IF THIS IS LATER WED DATE CLASS THE LAMPS PROPERLY AS XXVII. THIS SHOULD BE THE BUILDING PERIOD, + PREDATE THE ALTAR.

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