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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 39 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 39 of 79

Diary page 383 496. Jug - complete - handle from shoulder to P 1157 ridge xxxxxx on neck - slightly projecting horizontal lip - low belly - round bottom. Height 10.50 cm. Diam 4.8 cm. roughly. Street 1 Theta 135 I east 4.05 in 2nd stratum. Film 19, no. 30. 497. Terracotta head of man. T 1561 Street 1 K-57-Labmda east 7.05 lying on 3rd stratum. April 23. 498. Terracotta of man with conical head. Wheel- T 1562 made. Right hand held to face and left hand held erect. Cylindrical body. Street 1 K-60-Lambda east 7.20 lying on 3rd stratum. April 23. Page 384 499. Terracotta head of man with round pointed hat. T 2029 Street 1 N-130-Xi west 4.05 lying on 2nd stratum. Removed May 11. Film 19, No. 31. 500. Terracotta of standing figure - head, face, arms T 1564 missing. Wheelmade. 7 cm. x 9.8 cm. Cylindri cal body. Found with 499. Film 19, no. 31. Removed May 11. 501. Terracotta of standing figure xf-wheelmade- T 1567 cylindrical body - head, arms & base missing. xxxx Braces(?) around shoulders painted in black. 3 wide bands around body - 2 black & red one between. 12 x 6.8 cm. Street 1 I-K east 6-8 in surface soil. Apr. 14. Page 385 502. Terracotta head of horse, bridled, with bit T 2010 in mouth. Brick coloured clay. West of Temple B 2-4 m. N-N 2nd stratum. Loose brown soil. Diary May 11. p. 374 503. Terracotta fragment (like no. 386) painted green T 1575 & red. Street 1 K-Lambda east 4-6 lying on 2nd stratum. 504. Bronze ring 1.1 cm. West of Temple B 4.50 A-95-b M 123 lying among stones forming top of 2nd stratum. Film 19 no. 31-33. 505. Arrowhead bronze, 3.9 cm West Temple B 4.83 A-77-b M 121 same stratum as 504. 506. Arrowhead, bronze, 7.8 cm. W (N?) of Temple B M 76 4.68 A-80-Eb Same str as 504 & 505. Page 386 507. Pieces of glass. West of Temple B 6-8 M-N 2nd stratum. Diary May 11. 508. Lamp, broken piece. Preserved iam 5 cm. L 284 Undecorated. Trench 9 gamma-delta south 0-2 lying on top of 2nd strxxixatum. Mar. 30, 509. Fragment of glass vase, probably base. Preserved height 3.5 cm. Trench 9 delta-epsilon south 0-2 lying on 2nd stratum. 510. Bronze ring lying as drawn in socket in centre M 116 of marble slab. Trench 9 I-K north 30-32 in surface soil. Film 13, No. 29. Mar. 29.4

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)

  • P 1157Jug
  • T 1561Terracotta head of man
  • T 1562Terracotta of man with conical head
  • T 2029Terracotta head of man with round pointed hat
  • T 1564Terracotta of standing figure
  • T 1567Terracotta of standing figure
  • T 2010Terracotta head of horse, bridled, with bit in mouth
  • T 1575Terracotta fragment
  • M 123Bronze ring
  • M 121Arrowhead
  • M 76Arrowhead
  • L 284Lamp, broken piece
  • M 116Bronze ring

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