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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 28 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 28 of 79

Diary page 262

340. Small arrow head, bronze. 2.2 cm. M 88 Street 1, I-75-K lying on 2nd stratum west 3.95. April 8. 341. a. Arrow head. M 86 b. Bronzefragment M 87 Street 1 I-70-K west 4.45 in surface soil. April 8. 342. Coin. West of Temple B. Lambda-172-M C 192 west 10.65 lying on second stratum 10 cm. below surface. April 8. Ptol VI.Sv.1408 343. Gold leaf Mxx09 Trench 9 Gamma-170-Delta north 30.50 lying on second stratum between stones forming top of stratum. Mar 28? 344. Arrow head. 7 cm. M 109 Street 1 M-95-N east 8.90 lying on 2nd stratum 15 cm. below surface 9/144/37

Page 263 345. Neck of jug, yellowish brown clay with T 2025 red and black painted design. Trench 9 B-Gamma north 30-32 lying on 2nd stratum. 346. Terracotta fig? Yellow clay. Head & part T 2021 of arms missing. Conical shaped body like vase - hollow inside - wheel made. Wide circular bands running round body. Height 15 cm. Preserved breadth 8.5 cm. 347. Archaic head of man in stone. Large St 406 protruding eyes. Semitic nose, slight archaic smile. Egyptian headdress, roughly 9 x 6 cm. Find place Ph. 15, 22 April 9. See Film 15, No. 19. Street 1 Lambda-195-Mu east 4.60 in surface soil April 8. Right side of head down?

Page 267 348. Archaic bust of draped female standing figure in stone. Roughly 14 x 9 cm. St 410 See Film 15, No. 20. Street 1 M-30-N east 3.25 lying on second stratum back down. April 9. 349. Red unpainted ware without slip. P 1902 Trench 9 e-50-xi south 10.15 in surface soil 30 cm. below surface. April 5. 350. Arrow head - triple edged 2.5 cm. Bronze M 90 Street 1 theta-60-iota west 4.50 lying on second stratum 20 cm. below surface Apr. 9

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 (13)

  • M 88Small arrow head
  • 341aArrow head
  • M 86Arrow headPenn Museum 54-28-205 ↗
  • M 87Bronze fragment
  • C 192Coin
  • Gold leaf
  • M 109Arrow head
  • T 2025Neck of jug
  • T 2021Terracotta fig?
  • St 406Archaic head of man
  • St 410Archaic bust of draped female standing figure
  • P 1902Red unpainted ware without slip
  • M 90Arrow head - triple edged

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