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 52 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 52 of 79

Diary page 810

Finds 93. Bowl frag. Lying on piece of pavement near F 92. See drawing (p. )

Page 812 94. Shallow bowl. Sh 1580 Found near 92-94 in earth about 2 cm. above paving stones. Part of it may have been rested at one time on it. 95. Cooking pot, broken. P 2212 Lying on piece of pavement near 92-95 incl., in earhh, and debris. 96. Cooking pot, broken. P 2213 To east of #95 on n.e. corner of paving stone. [handwritten: cf 105] I see now that it is not onlyin lying on pavmenet but against its n.e. corner. Bones found up against it on s.w. side. It is _______ upright. Other pieces of not pavement to east & north of pot but these are not in situ. Some of sherds found under paving block (not paving block) to north - could this piece of pavement have fallen from above? (Not pavemnt, but a marble slab I see now).

Page 813. 97. (crossed out) (coarse red ware, discarded) 98. Lamp fragments. Joins piece of #106 L 1265 On paving stone (see drawing p. ). To east of stone paving block. Near #97. In earth. Coming out in many pieces. Found lying approx. on floor level or rather at level of foundation for floor. Almost all of paving has been removed before walls fell. 100. (Crossed out) (glass frr., too broken to cat.)

Page 820 101. Frag. of bowl. Tr. 7, E, east 0-1. See Sh 1578 draughtsman's drawing. On level of foundation of paved floor. 102. Frag. pot. P 2214 A little northeast of above, same level. 103. Lid of pot w. knob. Found n.e. of #102. P 2216 About same level. 104. Frag. of large size pot w. long conical neck Sh 1577 & sherds of cooking ware. P 2215 xxx Tr. 7, E, east about 80 cm. just off n.e. corner of paving stone. 105. Sherd including part of flat base. Creamy discarded clay fired same. Found s.e. of 104. 106. Frags. of lamp found with 105. L 1265 joins #98 107. Frags. of plate? or lid. See drawing [pencil: P2220] ___________. Tr. 7, Delta-E east about .850 floor.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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Recorded (14)

  • 93Bowl frag.
  • 94Shallow bowl
  • 95Cooking pot, broken
  • 96Cooking pot, broken
  • 97(crossed out) (coarse red ware, discarded)
  • 98Lamp fragments
  • 100glass frr.
  • 101Frag. of bowl
  • 102Frag. pot
  • 103Lid of pot w. knob
  • 104Frag. of large size pot w. long conical neck & sherds of cooking ware
  • 105Sherd including part of flat base
  • 106Frags. of lamp
  • 107Frags. of plate? or lid.

Also mentionedF 92, SH133, SH134

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