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 44 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 44 of 79

FindsDiary page 658
564. Bronze ring. S. Bldg., so of bldg.,M 137
G-Gamma Delta 5 west 2nd stratum
loose light brown soil.
565. Lamp frag. 1st cent. A.D.L _____
S. Bldg. op. R 4 Stoa fallen front
wall.
566. Stamped amphora handle - Rhodian earlySh 447(?) or 47?
2nd cent. Good hard pink clay, buff surface.
S. Bldg. Hall 1 Z-H 7th(?) stratum p. 625.= RS

| Page 659 567. S. Bldg. Hall 3 E-Z 8th stratum Cross | M 381 Section p. 651 10/6/39. 568. Terracotta, horse's head. Hard baked brick | T 2018 coloured clay. White surface, bridle painted in red, also horse has(?) plumes. 627.3.

| Page 666 569. Glass plate w. rounded rim. Diam 3.9 cm. h. .7 cm. 631.5 570. Glass frag of vase or vases. 9/6/39. South Bldg. Hall 1, Z-H 4th stratum. p. 625. | = RS

| Page 688 New number series begun 29 Oct 47 begins no. sequence.

1. 2 archaic or earlier figurine fragments from 683-1. 2. Glass frag from 683-1. | Gl 142 3. Coin. Apollo, Street 1. At level of pavement where first break in east wall of Street 1 occurs - just to south on exterior side of wall. See plan & section p. 689. See Film 97, 3# 30 Oct 1947. 4. Ter. figurine - early archaic head page 691 - bottom of strat 2, north end of trench. 31 Oct 1947 5. Sphinx in blue stone, fragmentary. Street 1 debris over street in south section. 31 October 6. Stone head. Street 1, toward south end at 43 cm | St 847 from west wall and at 2.00 m. from most northern paving stones in most southern example of preserved pavement. 31 Oct 47. At level of pavement.

| Page 712 7. Terracotta lampx frag. | L 1309 a&b Street 1, south section; north end of s. section north part of house north of Doric portico, east side of street. Found near stone statue & inscription showing in Film 98 #1. Debris over pavement. 4 Nov. 47. 8. Torso nude standing male and head belonging it | St 854 a to it. See Film 98 #1,6,9,10 & 11. Trench 9 Delta-E north 18-21. In marble. Lead surrounding half of circ. of socket in left arm - flattened out in surface of marble. See Film 98, #12. Lying in brown loose earth and bldg. debris about 9 cm. north of inner face of north wall of room north of Doric portico. Point on wall from which measured 140 cm. east of Nw corner of room. See F 66 & F 69 & sherds Tr. 9 Delta-E north 18-21.

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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)

  • Bronze ring
  • 565Lamp fragment
  • 566Stamped amphora handle
  • 567S. Bldg. Hall 3 E-Z 8th stratum Cross Section p. 651 10/6/39
  • 568Terracotta horse's head
  • 569Glass plate
  • 570Glass fragment of vase or vases
  • 1Figurine fragments (2)
  • 2Glass fragment
  • 3Coin
  • 4Terracotta figurine head
  • 5Sphinx
  • 6Stone head
  • 7Terracotta lamp fragment
  • 8Torso of nude standing male with head

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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