Kourion Complex Apollo (extracted from McFadden's notebooks) (2 of 2)

F 1691

Removed portico opposite room 4, west side, P. 2549-4, reddish moderately compact soil with many rough stones averaging egg size, the largest being about fist size. About 1/5 bucket shards, 4 tile frags. placed with sherds. 4 tile frags. placed with sherds. From siege comes about 2 handfuls of sherds. 1 pot handle (from sherd bag) with incised F. F 1645. No other finds.

Removed few days ago S. Bldg. portico opposite room center & east side, p. 2551 2551-2(a), small amount dark soil over foundations of pavement. 2 handfuls of sherds, 1 tile frag. thrown out, 1 thin blown glass frag. thrown out. No other finds.

Removed room 5, W. side, 5.40-11.55 n. of s. wall, p. 2525-4 w hard red soil, only very small stones not larger than Page 2585 thumb size. 1 figurine frag. F 1646 and 1 coin F 1647 found on bedrock. Handful sherds from sieve. No other finds. This stratum may antedate construction of early wall.

Removed room 5, west side, 2.00-4.60 m. s. of n. wall, p. 2529-4, what may well be footing trench for stylobate wall, slightly yellowish loose soil, rough stones averaging egg size; just west of the narrow trench are many more stones some up to bucket size & averaging 1/2 foot to foot size. This stratum, as yet unremoved (See Film 152-14) was cut almost certainly to lay foundation of stylobate wall. It is cut in a straight line parallel with with wall. Handful of sherds. 1 tile frag. placed in sherd bag, and 4 sherds from sieve which I am placing Page 2586 also in sherd bag. No other finds.

Removed 00-3.00 m. s. of S. Bldg. and 00-2.40 m. e. of west end surface soil; small amount soil, hardly any stones or debris; 1/5 bucket sherds, 1 tile frag. thrown out. Dug down to 1.48 m. below top of restored plinth for column 6, room 5, W. stylobate.

Removed 00-4.00 m. s. of s. wall, 2.40 - 15.00 east of west end - loose reddish brown soil with many rough stones averaging foot size, probably remains of debris. Not much soil remained; dug down to level of 1.35 m. below top of plinth 6, room 5. Removed 1/5 bucket sherds. From here came F 1648 & 1649. Page 2588 Removed also 00-4.00 s. of s. wall, 15.00-24.00 e. of w. end surface soil down to depth of 2.00 m. below top of 6th plinth of w. stylobate room 5, approx. but unevenly level off here - about average depth attained. Same character debris as 2.40-15.00 m. east of w. end (see above). About 1/5 bucket sherds. No tiles, ribbed wares. From here came coin F 1650. Diary Vol. XXIV, p. 2606

14 Mar.51. Removed S. Bldg. room 5, e. side, 9.85-15.50 m. north of s. wall, P. 2483-4, down to bedrock; red moderately compact soil with very few stones quite unlike 2483-3, averaging about 1/2 egg size to walnut size; 7 sherds only, 1 tile frag. near bedrock in sherd bag. From sieve comes small handful sherds. No other finds. No sherds found near walls.

Removed 00-4.00 m. south of S. Bldg. & 24.00-36.00 m. east of west end small amount surface soil to average depth of 2.10 m. below of plinth 6 (restored) of w. stylobate of room 5. About 1/3 bucket sherds. No tiles curiously enough. Late Roman wares. Thin blown glass F 1651 and lamp frag. F 1652.

Removed 00-3.00 m. south of s. wall, 32.80 - 38.00 m. east of w. end, p. 2607-1, loose brown rather homogenous stratum composed possible of building material but containing few stones or chips, only rough stones averaging fist size (largest being about 1/2 foot size). About 1/3 bucket sherds, 2 pan tile frags. which I have Page 2608 thrown out. 4 lamp frags. two of which are of Broneer type XXVIII, F 1653. Box of broken thin blown glass frags. and F 1654, and coin F 1655. No other finds.

Removed 00-4.00 s. of s. wall and 36.00-48.50 m. east of west end down to average depth of 2.12 m. below top of 6th plinth of w. stylobate of room 5, about average depth of soil of 0.15 m. reddish brown loose soil, with moderate amount of rough stones of varying sizes but few only larger than foot size.