Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11·March–May 1937

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) II Mar.–May 1937George H. McFadden

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

Scan 87 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) II Mar.–May 1937), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 11, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 87 of 99

368 Stones & Marbles

St 44375. heel & foot of man or woman in marble 10x17 cm roughly (drawing) [illegible] P. 364 found among tiles, removed in 1936.

St 42176 Fragment of statue in plaster 13.3 x 11.2 cm. probably rump & tail of lion with long tail. Street 1 N - 95 - 4 east 5.20 lying on 2nd stratum.

St 417477. Torso of any [illegible] in plaster - left side drawn. (drawing) Street 1 N - 110 - 4 east 6.05 lying on second stratum.

St 42578. Dove in stone L. 14 cm. Street 1 Z - H west 2 - 4 on rubble wall.

cont p. 370

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Diary fr. 349 369

May 6 West of Temple B, J - G, west 8.20 - 9. first 6 to 7 cm of surface 1st. 9 to 20 cm - 2nd stratum reddish brown loose soil. no cleavage in filly but send red plaster abundant. West of Temple B, Z - O west 10 - 12 (against face of precinct wall) 2nd stratum. 18 - 28 cm. under surface. loose brown soil, red plaster abundant. sherds - very no tiles - violet coloured small volcanic round pebbles May 7. No men but policing property it being a national holiday.

West of Temple B, A - D west 2 - 4, 45 to 195 cm below coping course of temple wall. reddish brown loose soil with stones averaging fr. 40 to 15 sq cm large. no gypsum near surface. F - H west 0 - 2 95 - 135 cm below top of wall. (3rd stratum) red loose soil - stones 20 to 25 sq cm. J - E west 10 - 12. 2nd stratum (same as first red reddish brown soil - loose & no stones) 20 to 30 cm below surface. cont p.

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

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