Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8·March–May 1951

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIV Mar.–May 1951George H. McFadden

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

Scan 32 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex (Apollo) XIV Mar.–May 1951), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 2660Scan 32 of 93

1715. But two lamp frags of a 1st cent. A.D. type. Almost certainly Broneer type XXII. Discarded - not worth cataloguing

S. Bldg. portico opposite west jamb of central door of room 3 bottom of 2655-1. 29 Mar. 51.

1716. Frag. lamp

Probably 4th century A.D. Broneer type XXVIII. Too frag to cat. - discarded

S. Bldg. portico against north wall opposite w threshold of w door of room 2, opposite east wall of room 3, at 0.43 m. below top of threshold. 2655-1. 29 Mar. 51.

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portico opposite room 3 & cov 2 2655-1

F1715 1716

Removed S. Bldg. portico opposite room 3 and corridor 2, p. 2655-1. Reddish brown soil, moderately compact, very few stones, not larger than walnut in size. about 1 1/2 buckets of tiles which I am stacking opposite main door against portico stylobate. About 1/5 bucket of sherds. But frags of a 1st century A.D. ter. lamp F 1715 and part of another late lamp higher in stratum. F 1716. No other finds. Some of this stratum may have come in from winter rains.

00-3.00 S. of S. Bldg. 49.80-55.50 e. of w. end 2641-2

Removed S. Bldg. 00-3.00 m S. of S. wall 49.80-55.50 east of west end, p 2641-2. Same as 2641-1, no change, about 1/2 bucket sherds tiles which I am stacking just west of those from 2641-1 by fence; about 1/3 bucket sherds. No other finds.

3.00-7.00 s. of s. wall 2641-2

Removed same area 3.00 - 7.10 m s. of s. wall 49.80- 53.00 east of w. end, also 2641-2, but soil here much darker and some what looser, and with more stones up to foot size, but averaging about fist size; 7 tile frags which I am throwing out. Handful of sherds & 1 of figurine in sherd bag.

figurine

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

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