Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 13·May–June 1939 and October–November 1947

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) IV May–June 1939; Oct.–Nov. 1947George H. McFadden

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

Scan 47 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 13 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) IV May–June 1939; Oct.–Nov. 1947), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 47 of 99

696 Apollo, Street 1 trial pit at 3.50 m south of wall across street

Scale 1:50

Drawing: cross section/plan; labels: west wall, rock, G, 1st strat to depth of 60 cm only here, Section a - a, rock, G', (see p. 698), -> N

[margin left: For this area see Diary p. 914]

Drawing: vertical section; labels: west wall, rock, debris 2, many large fallen stones, 3, rock, 1, (2), street pavement

1 (1) no sherds kept 2. earth & stones many large fallen stones 3. few stones - hard shist.

Right page

DIARY temple in its first period. 697

30, Oct. Began trial trench in street 1 north end of south section along west wall. For location see plan & section p. 696. Continued cleaning Street 1 cleaning earth and small stones from Temple B. stairway. After finished removing large blocks which have been drawn as found by draughtsman (Christofis). The plateia between Temple A and South Bldg. being cleaned up under direction of Mr. Hill. In afternoon found inscription on west face of east wall of Street 1 in situ (a second hand block however, doubtless in antiquity. Reads Φίλαινος Μέντορος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα Τιμὼ

Red ink: I 156

Team of men under Mr. Hill's direction moved altar from place where found on east side of Street 1 near stairway to Temple B (directly on pavement) to position just north of Archaic altar and just south of east gate in east wall. Marks on pavement indicate that it had been there for a great many years but not in antiquity. It was not in situ

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

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