Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 12·1935

G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex II 1935George H. McFadden

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

Scan 16 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 12 (G. H. McFadden, Kourion Complex II 1935), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 9, folder 12, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 7Scan 16 of 43

28 Finds

✓37. (Coin) Tr. 23. θ-I on west side of wall at I depth 140 cm.

✓38 Coin Tr. 23 ρ-σ νοτιον 2-4 (80-100) C 6 Arcadius

✓39. Shard Tr. 23 K-Λ νοτιον 0-2 620-640

April 8

Drawing: banding

40. Inscribed handle Tr. 23- K-Λ νοτιον 2-4, 560-580 stall good

41. Inscribed handle of about Tr 23- K-Λ νοτιον 2-4 300-320 mar 28

✓42. (Coin) Tr 23- π-ρ νοτιον 6-8 40-60 [red: C 3642] April 10 Nicocles Cyprus, c. 300?

43. (Coin) Tr. 23- dump M-ξ. April 10. C 3654 Midas Constans, Rome

44. Classical tile co. builders marks. see on bottom (drawing) see Note Book I p11 note 21 for others co. same marks. other stones found thus scarve like this co. Tr 23-

✓45 (Coin) 23- ν-ξ νοτιον 0-2 (year box) April 20-

✓46 (Coin) 23-ν-ξ νοτιον 2-4 0-20 April 20- (year box) (Cont p 37)

Right page

Diary 29

April 318 men- 7 wheel barrows Finished ν-ρ βοριον 16-18. Began cleaning out section κ-ν βοριον 0-10, to modern floor of small stones set on edge. 42 rds wheel barrows here. Digging continued π-ρ νοτιον 0-4 & ξ-π νοτιον 6-6. Noted that good quninfer of hellenistic sherds came out at π-ρ νοτιον at 40 cm. over cistern. at ξ-π 740 came all ground over cistern consists of artificial fill which must be dated by what is there Trench at κ-Λ νοτιον 0-2 went to depth of 7 metres today.

April 418 men- 7 wheel barrows. Continued cleaning recent floor over mosaic κ-ν βοριον 0-10. Wagner still cleaning mosaic ξ-ο βοριον 10-16 Started digging π-ρ νοτιον 0-4 & ξ-ο βοριον 18-20 columns resting here removed to clean fl. These came fr. ξ-π βοριον 14-18 - Trench branch κ-Λ νοτιον 2-4 Finished & cleaned to depth of

April 5Tr 23 λ-ρ βοριον 0-10 surveyed by Mr. Hill. Also 23-ο-π βοριον 18-22 Continued digging 23-ο-π νοτιον 0-4 Finished digging 23-λ-ν βοριον 6-10 down to head of stratum composed of decomposed plaster. Continued digging to recent floor κ-ν βοριον 0-10 30 cm below surface. Finished drawing plan p. 18.

Cont p 35

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

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