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 7 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.

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1654. Box of thin blown glass frags. dark iridescense. [red: Gl 285] too frag'y to cat.

Same provenience 14 Mar. 51

1655. Coin

Red: C 3563

S. Bldg. 36.00 m E. of W. end " " 2.19 S. " S. wall also in 2607-1. 14 Mar. 51

[red: L 248] 1656. (1) Base glass bottle - heavy fabric rounded base. (2) Thin blown glass frag mouth of bottle flaring neck.

Margin left: not cat.

00-4.00 m S. of S. wall 36.00-48.50 m E. of W. end. to depth 2.02 below plinth 6, W. stylobate room 5. 14 Mar '51

Right page

room 5 E. side 5.70-9.85 N. of S. wall

2497-4

F 1658 F 1720 F 1721 2497-5

F 1660

00-3.00 m S. of S. Bldg. 32.80-38.00 E. of W. end 2607-2

15 March51

Removed room 5, east side 5.70-9.85 m north of S. wall P 2497-4, loose reddish brown soil with small rough stones in quantity averaging about walnut size, unlike 2497-3 which contained fallen bldg. stones which were later covered by fill. About 1/3 bucket sherds no tiles. 4 pot handles with incised characters F 1658 From sieve about 1/4 bucket sherds. No other finds

Removed same area, 2497-5 dark red soil hard with rough stones averaging about egg size but some up to fist size, about handful of sherds, no tiles. From sieve came also handful sherds. No other finds. This stratum seemed little disturbed ev'ry, almost natural. No sherds near walls.

16 Mar51 In course of clearing some stones off S. E. corner of S. Bldg. found F 1660. A handful sherds found here were thrown out.

Removed 00 - 3.00 m south of S. Bldg, 32.80-38.00 east of W. end, P 2607-2 rather white yellowish clean fill very loose; largest stones about egg size but very few. In course were

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

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