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 6 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 6 of 93

Drawing: architectural section with labels: "Section opposite east wall of" | "room 3, facing east" | "Scale 1:50" | "of plinth 6" | "stylobate" | "room 3" | "red" | "wall" | "S." | "wall" | "foundation" | "3" | "2" | "ancient" | "road" | "2610" | "road" | "1" | "2700" | "2708" | "undug"

270 1. Middle to late Roman - ribbed F1653-5 4th cent. A.D. lamps 2. Cl + Hel mottled wares 00-3.00 S. Hel mottled No ribbed

1.3.00 - 5.00m S. of S. 1316g. middle Roman probably

2." " " middle or late "

Margin left: 2.794 / 817

Right page

F1653-5

00-4.00 S. of S. wall 36.00-48.50 E. of W. end

4th cent A.D. characteristic wares F1739

F1656 1657

thrown out. 4 lamp frags two of which are of Vessberg type XXVIII. F1653. 1frag of bronze, thin, four glass frags. all F1654, and coin F 1655. No other finds.

Removed 00-4.00 S. of S. wall and 36.00-48.50 m east of west end down to average depth of 2.12 m below top of 6th plinth of w. stylobate of room 3, & at average depth of soil of 0.15 m reddish brown loose soil, with moderate amount of rough stones of varying size that put only larger than fist size. For examples fallen bits of S. wall & worked blocks see draughtsman's drawings. for this area. About 1/2 late bucket sherds including 1 late Banga (4th cent.) wares about 1 wheel barrow load of tiles which I have stacked on S. wall at 43.00 m east of west end. Some glass F1656. and coin F1657. No other finds.

Continued building up south and west wall of room 3 to take concrete slab in restoration of floor behind stylobate see film 15 2-17 and 18. Also building up east wall of room 3 for same purpose

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

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