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Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 15·1939–1948

Kourion Complex (Apollo), Finds (abstracted from McFadden's notebooks) (1 of 2)

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

Scan 18 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 15 (Kourion Complex (Apollo), Finds (abstracted from McFadden's notebooks) (1 of 2)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 15, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 18 of 79

Diary page 177

Coinsz
177. Coins & ring.C 1058
S.W. section in 2d strat of Altar 2 deposit.M 267
C 1059
M 266
178. Coin. 17/3/36 S. Bldg Room 2 lying on
stones forming foundation of floor south
side Gamma-Delta. Bronze coin.
306-337 A.D. Obverse bust of Constantine I.___
179. Coin. March 1, 1937. Temple A, from
surface soil, exact location unknown.C 115
180. Coin. Tr. 1 A-120-B north 2.05 m. on
second stratum under loose surface soil.
Mar. 1.___
181. Ring (gold). Tr. 1 H-175-Theta north 3 m. of
second stratum 10 cm. below surface. SeeM 96
photos p. 220 Film 13 no. 4 of place where
found. Mar. 1, 1937.
182. Coin. Tr. 1 Gamma-Delta in lower surface
soil 5 cm. depth.C 116
183. Tr. 1 B north 24 in loose surface soil
just under surface. Ptol.C 117

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184. Trench 1 Z-145-H north 27.20 lying on
second stroma. Coin. 5th cent. A.D.C 118
185. Trench 1, Mar. 6. E-75-Z north 13.50C 119
lying on top of second stratum.
Alex the Great.
186. Tr. 1 delta-150-epsilon north 7.10C 120
from surface soil. 11/3/37
187. Greek coin found by shepherd at Chelalalikon
a mile north of Curium 11/3/37___
188. Coin. Tr. 1 delta-125-epsilon north 6.45 in
surface soil. 11/3/24 [sic] ProbablyC 121
4th cent. B.C.
189. Coin. Trench 1 gamma-10-delta north 3.30
right on second stratum. 4th or 5th cent. A.D.C 122
190. Coin. Tr. 1 delta-20-epsilon north 2.60 just
below surface. End of 5th cent. A.D.C 123.

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191. Coin. Tr. 1 A-B north 30-32 in surface soil
13 Mar 37. Ptol. XI. See no 1813C 124
Cyprus 114-88 B.C.
192. Apollo Trench 1 delta-35-epsilon north
26.70 directly on second stratum. 1st cent.C 125
A.D.
193. Coin. Trench 9, I-170-K north 8.65. DirectlyC 126
on 2d stratum. Elegab.
194. Coin. Trench 9 K-175-Lambda north 7.40 directlyC127
on 2nd stratum. Valentinian I.
195. Coin. Trench 1 I-140-K north 3.60 in surfaceC 128
soil. March 16. Ptol. XI. Sv. no. 1813.
See F 191.
196. Trench 1, Theta-85-iota north 160 on secondC 129
stratum. Cyzicus? BMC Mysia p. 41 172 ff.

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

Objects named on this pageKourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded (18)

  • 178Coin
  • 179Coin
  • 180Coin
  • 181Ring
  • 182Coin
  • 183Coin
  • 184Coin
  • 185Coin
  • 186Coin
  • 188Coin
  • 189Coin
  • 190Coin
  • 191Coin
  • 192Coin
  • 193Coin
  • 194Coin
  • 195Coin
  • 196Coin

Also mentionedC 1058, M 267, C 1059, M 266, M 96, F 191

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