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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 40 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 40 of 79

Diary page 386

511. Piece of Attic black glazed wareSh 1501
24/3/37. Trench 9 H-Theta north 10-12
1st stratum.Page 387

512. Ter. head of man with pad-like xxx cap - black | T 2030 painted eyes & beard . Tr. 9 z-eta south 14-16 surface soil 5/4/37.

513. Bron_e animal. Street 1 Z-85-H east 260 1stM 84
str. 0-6 cm.
514. Green stone of necklace, pefforated. Pronaos of\\\\\\\\
Temple B 4th stratum. 27/11/35
515. Silver ring. Trench 2 Lambda-Mu west 4-6 1st\\\\\\\\
stro-48. 14/11/35
516. Trench 3 E-Z west 2-4 1st str. 0-68 cm.\\\\\\\\
Page 404

517. Lamp frag.

518. Two more pieces of bronze belonging to 174 found among sherds in Room 4 of South Building - | M 350 southwest part, second stratum. Have put them with 174. Nov. 27,'37

519. Terracotta figurine h. 10 cm. Crude xbrick coloured clay, wheelmade. Eyes, beard, mouth & braces painted in black. East of S. Bldg. K-Lambda 4-6 surface soil.

519x

520. Coin. Street 1 Z-H west 2-4 sufface soil 6/12/35.C \\\\\\\_
Salamis time of Demetrius Poliorcetes. 306-294 B.C.

521. Trench 5 I-100-K west 14.50 on wall of diadromos,

surface soil.Page 405
522. Coin? St. Anne Tr. 6 Xi-0 north 6-8.\C\\\\\\_
Can this be the same as 43 (missing)
523. Street 1 Z-140-H west 170 surface soilC\\\\\\\\
Ptol A' 294-285? probably.
524. Glass disc 4.2 cm. diam. Glass frag. 3.8 cm.\\\\\\\\
Trench 9 K-Lambda north 14-16 surface soil.
525. 2 coins. Apollo in dump. 4/4/36. found byC\\\\\\\\
shepherds xena xomata
526. 3 coins Apollo in dump 14.4.36 or found byC\\\\\\\\
shepherds "xena Xomata" Constans 306-07
Page 422

Catalogued finds not recorded in note books:

Inscribed handle of pot. Cypriot character | P 1038 N inscribed by incision. 13/3/37 Apollo Tr. 9 I-K surface fill

Ins. handle of pot incised Cypriot character | P 1039 N. Apollo Trench 1 eta-theta south 4-6 on 2nd stratum. 22/3/37.

Inscribed handle of pot, Cypriot character: | P 1044 : o . 18/3/337 Apollo Trench 9 K-Lambda north 8-10 sufface soil.

Inscribed handle of pot, Cypriot numerals? | P 1045 : 2 . West of S. Bldg. 16-18 Kappa- Lambda on 2nd stratum. 31/3/37.

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 (20)

  • Sh 1501Piece of Attic black glazed ware
  • T 2030Terracotta head of man
  • M 84 (number uncertain)Bronze animalnumber uncertainPenn Museum 54-28-204 ↗
  • Green stone bead of necklace
  • Silver ring
  • Object
  • Lamp fragment
  • Bronze fragments
  • Terracotta figurine
  • Coin
  • Object
  • Coin?
  • Coin
  • Glass disc and glass fragment
  • Coins (2)
  • Coins (3)
  • P 1038Inscribed handle of pot
  • P 1039Inscribed handle of pot
  • P 1044Inscribed handle of pot
  • P 1045Inscribed handle of pot

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