Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 7·December 1950–March 1951

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIII Dec. 1950–Mar. 1951George H. McFadden

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

Scan 41 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 7 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIII Dec. 1950–Mar. 1951), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 41 of 101

2479 FINDS 1566 Bronze nail. M878.

Same provenience bottom 2443-4.

20 Dec 50.

1567. Rim & base and small frags. thin blown glass. GL 287 This fabric comes in not earlier than 50 B.C. - Too frag'y to cat.

S. Bldg. room 5, e. side, 5.70-9.85 n. of s. wall in 2333-1.

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Room 5 DIARY 2480 e. side Removed room 5 east side 5.70-9.85 5.70-9.85m. north of s. wall n. of s. wall / 2333-1. Reddish brown 2333-1 soil, rather hard and compact near center between walls but looser near them; many rough stones, great majority averaging about fist size, none larger than bucket size but very few of these. About 2 buckets of roof tiles which I am stacking on early wall at 9.75 m. north of s. wall. About 1/3 bucket of pieces of lime concrete which I am placing on top of stack of tiles. About 1/2 bucket sherds. Some thin blown glass frags F. 1567 F. 1567. Strat. later therefore than 50 B.C. and earlier than 102 A.D. (bldg. inscription). Removed from sieve about 1/5 bucket sherds, some animal bones placed in bag with them, about 1/6 bucket tiles - thrown out. Base thin blown glass F1568 bottle. No other finds. 69-70 coin F 1569 Lamp frag F 1570

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

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