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 35 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 35 of 79

Diary page 347 443. Coin. In dump - for cars. April 27. C Greek? 444. Bronze object perforated in middle. M 268 Street l H-Theta east 8-10 in 2nd stratum. April 28. 445. Coin. Street l Delta-104-Epsilon east C 1054 8.50 in 2nd stratum. Aug.?? 446. Coin. Street l E-32-Z east 7.10 lying on C 1055 3rd stratum. 447. Coin. In car dump. Like some coins of C 1056 Cos~~~~ Ptolemy's Mistress bore him a son at Cos in 309 so may have borrowed type. See Coins of Gr. plate 28, no. 30. p.351 448. Knuckle bone - bronze. 30/4/37. Street M 71 l M-189-N east 12.25. lying on 3rd stratum. 449. Knuckle bone - bronze 3x2 cm. Street l M 60 H-80-Theta east 9.40. 450. Bronze deer 4 x 4 cm. Street l Theta- M 67 195-I east 8.5 lying on top of 3rd stratum on dull gray wait soil due to fire. Apr. 30. Mx67 451. Bronze spear-head - leaf shaped - 9.5 x _______ 2 cm. Street l Lambda-198-Mu east 12.75 lying on rock in 2nd stratum. April 30. 452. Fragment broken animal in bronze H. 0.023 M 69 Street l Lambda-98-Mu east 10.90 lying on 3rd stratum. April 30. p. 352 453. Coin. West of Temple B Delta-50-Epsilon _C______ 80 cm. in 2nd stratum under fallen blocks. 97 cm. from top of temple wall. May l. Licinius 311-318 A.D. Nicomedia. 454. 18 small jugs in one bag. Trench 9 A-b _P______ north 30-32 3rd stratum. See Film 18: 27,28,29. Removed April. 455. West of Temple B #E-140-Z west 1.25 in 2nd _C______ stratum. 114 cm below temple wall. Ptolemy A' See Svoronos III, 30, 304-285 B.C.? May 3. 456. Terracotta head 5 x 4.2 wheelmade - broken at T 1570 neck. Crude red clay - brown slip - eyes - brows, mouth & beard painted in black. 2 concentric circles round crown of head, left ear missing. Street l I-K east 6-8 lying in 2nd stratum. May 3. Page 355 457. Terracotta head 4 x 3.5 cm. wheelmade, T 1572 crude light brown clay - red faded slip. Eyes, brows, mouth & beard painted in black (see 456). Wide red band running round crown of head - black painted patch on back of head to indicate hair. Street l I-K east 6-8 lying on 2nd stratum. May 3.

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 (15)

  • CCoin
  • M 268Bronze object perforated in middle
  • C 1054Coin
  • C 1055Coin
  • C 1056Coin
  • M 71Knuckle bone - bronze
  • M 60Knuckle bone - bronze
  • M 67Bronze deer
  • Bronze spear-head - leaf shaped
  • M 69Fragment broken animal in bronze
  • CCoin
  • Small jugs (18 in one bag)
  • CCoin
  • T 1570Terracotta head
  • T 1572Terracotta headPenn Museum 54-28-114 ↗

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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