Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 12·1937–1939

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) III 1937?–1939George H. McFadden

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

Scan 40 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 12 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) III 1937?–1939), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 12, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 477Scan 40 of 96

Drawing: section diagram, labelled:

1:20? 1:40 FLOOR STEP THRESHOLD PROPOLEION Court Surface soil 2nd stratum 3rd stratum ROCK]

1. Coarse surface soil - fairing tiles, Roman & pink ware etc. 2. Fallen building-quay stone, 6 to 10 to 20 cm. pieces of plaster, revetement, wood of lime & piece of roof tile. Also of number of the coarse, mixed, loose brown earth. 3. layer of Coin 356 found just above rock of about 2 mm. quay stone. see Film 37, No 24 & 90 of number tiles.

Right page

[red ink: C 222 4-5 cent AD, probably Trajan or 2-1 c. bc] 531. [circled: Cont.] Coins pl. 7 p 427 Found on rock just off southeast corner of propyleion on gold border of threshold see Film 37, No. 24 24A April 29, 1939 - under a few mm. of earth under level of partings - no tile here coins found directly on rock - this earth may have been part of the thin layer of lime & small pebbles in being over rock & can be considered a floor thin the 40 cm. of not decomposed organic matter.

532 [red ink: C 223 Arsinoe II wife of Ptolemy IV, Cyprus?]

Circled: Ptol.

Just north of flagging south of temple A clearing of - 2nd stratum - on slopes at bottom of stratum. p 479.

533 [red ink: C 224 Demetrius Poliorcetes 306-283]

Circled: thick

See Film 38, No. 22, #6 for place where found. South Bldg Room 1 west side on top 3rd stratum. see Cross section p. 479, [illegible] floor Cont p. - 500 May 30

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

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