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 55 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 55 of 79

FindsDiary page 842

133. | Coin. Const. I "Imp Cons" Alley (east of East Building. 2.00 in from large doorway - south from it - (from opening) and 0.045 west of east wall of alley. See Film 102 #8 (#31) for place where found. Lying on floor under accumulation of fairly clean brown soil. P. 829-3 (gamma)

134.Ter. lamp handlediscarded
Trench 9, e, south 9, debris, 80 cm.as too
below surface. 1 Dec. 1947.frag'y

134a. | Glass fragments, vase handles. | Gl. 139 Alley, East Bldg up against east wall, 65 to 85 cm. south of opening of large doorway in east wall. Lying on strat. 3 (p. 829-3).

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135. | Coin. Carus. In drain, Trench 10, B-135-Gamma east 19.50 just below top of n.e. side, about 5 cm. - and up against n.e. side of drain. See Film 102, #11 (#34) (page 844). See other coins from this section of drain, F 126-130 incl. Removed 1 Dec. 47.

136. | Coin. Gordianus Pius Fel Aug. Drain, Trench 10, B-60-Gamma, east 20.55 at 11 1/2 cm. below top of n.e. side of drain. See Film 102 # 12 (#35) for place where found. Lying flat. 1 Dec '47.

137. | Fish hook in bronze. | M 733 East of north end of East Bldg. alley - just east of it in debris. Removed 2 Dec 47.

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138. | Man's shin in marble. Preserved h. 0.105 m. | St 852 Trench 9, Ex b-140-gamma, south 4.60 m. in debris at about 75 cm. from surface. Near south entrance to East Bldg. alley 2 Dec 47.

139. | Ter lamp frag. Base of lamp with part of | L 1291 nozzle. Trench 10, drain at Gamma, west 4-6 here west 4.80 m. at bottom of strat. 5 (p. 827-5) 43 cm. below top of drain. ( ( below mark 8, Street 1) Found lying flat - right side up. Removed 2 Dec. 47

140.| Frags of glass handles. | Gl 140 About 40 cm. west of F 139 in drain

p.827-5, same level.

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141. | Bronze lamp. | M 736 North room of portico fronting Street 1. In crevice on rock near center of room. See Film 102 #16. Removed 2 Dec. 47.

142. | Coin. Illegible so far. Drain leading from Street 1, Trench 10, Gamma-73-Delta, 18-23 east 0.14 m. below top of drain on east side (top of drain is 0.600 m. below mark 8, Street 1). See Film 102 #22 (#1) for place where found. Top of drain from which depth is measured marked with red pencil. In natural accumulation of drain. 74 cm. below mark 8, Street 1.

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 (11)

  • 133Coin
  • 134Ter. lamp handle
  • 134aGlass fragments, vase handles
  • 135Coin
  • 136Coin
  • 137Fish hook
  • 138Man's shin
  • 139Ter lamp frag
  • 140Frags of glass handles
  • 141Bronze lamp
  • 142Coin

Also mentionedF126, F127, F128, F129, F130, F 139

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