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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 25 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 25 of 79

Diary page 226

292. Coin. Found in last year's dump. | C 159 Illeg. possibly Alex. 293. Coin. W. of S. Bldg. Gamma-103-A, | C 160 west 16.00 lying directly on second stratum. Mar. 30. Demetrius Poliorcetes 294. W. of S. Bldg. Gamma-25-Delta west 7.05 | C 161 lying directly on second stratum. Illeg. Greek? Mar. 30 295. Coin. Trench 9 zeta-135-eta south 3.60 | C 162 lying on second stratum. Mar. 30. Evagoras II 361-351 B.D. 296. Coin. Trench 9 B-50-l north 25.20 | C 1082 lying directly on second stratum. 297. Bronze knuckle bone 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm | M 119 Trench 9 A-120-B north 29.90 lying directly on 2nd stratum. 298. Coin. Trench 1 theta-160-iota south | C 163 24.80 lying directly on wall running east-west under surface soil. See Film 13 no. 19 0.04 below surface. Valentinian I xxx2xx(?) _ 2d half 4th cent. 299. Coin. Trench 9 A-110-b north 31.10 lying | C 1083 directly on second stratum under soil showing marked traces of fire. 300. Trench 1 iota-45-kappa south 24.70 lying | C 164 directly on 2nd stratum. Ptol. possibly 271 BB.C. but chronological letter seems to be x (?) not o. See. Svoronos Pl. XIII No. 22 & 23.

Diary page 231 301. Coin. Trench 1 iota-180-kappa south | C 165 25.90 in surface soil. Mar. 31. Illeg. but possibly same as Sv. 553. 302. Trench 1 iota-185-kappa south 25.40 | C 166 lying on 2nd stratum. Mar. 31. Sv. 553. 303. Trench 1 delta-epsilon south 18.20 in | C 167 grass. Mar. 31. Const. 1. 304. Coin. Trench 9 A-180-B south 16.10 | C 168 lying on second stratum. April 1. Ptol. IV #1408. 305. Trench 9 A-175-B south 15.80 lying on | C 168 2nd stratum. April 1. Gk. Illeg.

Page 232 306. Coin. Trench 1 theta-145-iota south | C 170 23.40 lying on 2nd stratum. 18 cm below surface. April 1. Caracalla 211 A.D. 307. Trench 9 b-140-gamma south 12.90 in surface | C 171 taxat soil. Ptol. II 220 B.C. 308. Trench 9 I-15-Kappa south 7.70 lying on | C 172 2nd stratum. Nerva 90 A.D. April 1. 309. Coin. Trench 9 K-75-Lambda south 1.90 | C 173 in surface soil. April 1. Ptol. VI Sv. 1408 pl. XLVIII.18 Kition. 310. Trench 9 Gamma-60-Delta north 25.05 | C 174 lying on second stratum below stones See Film 14, no. 25 (no. 27) Ptol. Sv 1007 Cyprus.

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 (19)

  • C 159Coin
  • C 160Coin
  • C 161Coin
  • C 162Coin
  • C 1082Coin
  • M 119Bronze knuckle bonePenn Museum 54-28-213 ↗
  • C 163Coin
  • C 1083Coin
  • C 164Coin
  • C 165Coin
  • Object
  • Const. 1.
  • C 168Coin
  • Gk. Illeg.
  • C 170Coin
  • Ptol. II 220 B.C.
  • C 172Coin
  • C 173Coin
  • Ptol. Sv 1007 Cyprus.

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