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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 33 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 33 of 79

Diary page 326 foot 425. Fragment terracotta hoof of man shod apparently T 1586 in leather boots with tongue & leather laces. 14 x 12 cm. hollow. Crude brown clay, red paint. Street 1, Lambda-Mu east 4-6 lying on 2nd stratum. April 20. 426. Wheelmade terracotta statuette 28 x 11 cm. T 1559 Grayish, light brown clay crude. Head & arm missing - hollow inside. Street 1, K-30-Lambda east 7.50 lying on 2nd stratum. Page 327. 427. Fragment terracotta statuette - side of head T 1588 including ear & part of hair - wheelmade - conical head - hollow. 10 x 8.5 cm. Street 1 Lambda-Mu east 6-8 lying on 2nd stratum. April 14. 428. Terracotta wheelmade fragment of face - brow, T 1591 upper part of eyes, missing. Reddish brown, crude clay. Street 1 Lambda-Mu east 6-8 lying on second stratum. April 12. 429. Terracotta head of man. Light brown crude clay. T 1577 Street 1 Lambda-44-Mu east 4.55 lying on 2nd stratum. April 20. 430. Terracotta fragment of face. Coarse light brown T 1389 clay, eyelids in relief - black paint. Street 1 M-N east 10-12 lying on second stratum. April 9. 431. Fragment of terracotta head of man with round cap - T 1590 crude brown clay. Street 1 K-50-Lambda east 7.30 lying on 2nd stratum. April 20. 432. Piece of Roman lamp - light brown clay with red L 282 slip. Trench 9 Gamma-Delta north 24-26 lying on 2nd stratum. April 1. See Find 386 - same type. Broneer type 23? 2nd quarter 1st cent. A.D. Page 331 433. Terracotta horse's head - crude light brown T 1393 clay. Trench 9 Gamma-Delta north 24-26 lying on 2nd stratum. April 1. 434. Fragment of jug. 5.5 x 3.9 cm. All but mouth P 829 handle, neck & shoulder missing. Light brown clay. Handle from shoulder to rim - small mouth and narrow neck. Trench 9 B-Gamma north 26-28 lying on 2nd stratum. April 23.13. 435. Complete jug 3.8 x 3.5 cm. handle from belly to P 828 rim, projecting lip, flat base, wide neck & mouth, crude brick-coloored clay. Trench 9 a-b north 20-22 in surface soil (same as Pots 10). Mar. 23.

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 (11)

  • 425Fragment terracotta hoof of man shod in leather boots
  • 426Wheelmade terracotta statuette
  • 427Fragment terracotta statuette - side of head
  • 428Fragment of face
  • 429Terracotta head of man
  • 430Terracotta fragment of face
  • 431Fragment of terracotta head of man with round cap
  • 432Piece of Roman lamp
  • 433Terracotta horse's head
  • 434Fragment of jug
  • 828Complete jug

Also mentionedP 829

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