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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 64 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.

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Finds: | Diary page 991 268. Juglet in white paste, amphoriskos - rounded | Mi 537 bottom - neck broken off. Street 1, Theta- 148-I, west 3.80 lying on strat 3. 269. Bronze arrowhead and frag. of another bronze | M 747 object, found together. Other object appears | B 7 now to be in bone (or ivory eye inset) Street 1, Theta-25-I, west 3.60 m. in strat. 2 about 9 cm. above 3. 19 May. 270. Lead stone ball (for sling?). Street 1, | M 815a Theta-100-I, west 2.50 m. on strat. 3.

271. Figurine, standing male figure, head & arms | St 877 missing. Street 1, H-180-Theta, west 2.80 m. lying on strat. 2. See 979-3. 272. Frags. of amphoriskos in white paste. | Mi 510 Street 1, Theta-175-I west 0.10 m. on strat. 3. p. 979-3. 273. Sherds & frag. of juglet. | not cat. Street 1, Theta-40-I, west 2.90 found around juglet #267 on strat. 3. 19 May. 274. Frag. large animal figurine. Street 1, Theta- 35-I, west 3.00 in strat. 2.

275. Juglet, neck & mouth missing. P.H. 0.062 m. | P 2536a Street 1, Theta-1.90-I, west 3.60 m. in strat. 2, about on 3. 19 May. 276. Bronze arrowhead. A little north of #275 on 3 in 2. 19 May. 277. Iron frags. | too frag'y Stxxx Street 1, Theta-140-I, west 3.80 m. lying on | to cat. 3. p. 979-2. 19 May. 278. Frag. juglet. Street 1, west 3.50 in strat. 2 979-2. 19 May.

279. Coin. Not sure whether in situ but probably from Street 1, Theta-Iota, west 0-2 on strat 3. Removed 19 May. Antigonus I. 280. Juglet. Trench 7, Z-96-H, west 1.55 lying on | P 2504 strat. 4 in 3, next to south face of wall running east west. 20 May. 281. Juglet. 10 cm. south of #280 at 20 cm in 4 also on | P 2503 4. 282. Figurine - man mounted on horse. Trench 7, Z west 2.00 in strat. 4. p. 973-4.

283. Juglet. Trench 7, Z-15-H west 1.25 m. bottom of strat. 4 on stone slab paving block. 20 May. 284a. Bearded head of man - mold made figurine. There are two 284's, one being a coin. Trench 7, E-150-Z, west 1.12 m. in strat. 4. See p. 973-4, near wall to east running north-south. See Film 110, #15 for place where found. Meter stick marks place. 284b. Coin. Demetrius Pol. Street 1, Sigma-120-T, west 11.80 m. lying on strat 3 (p. 971-2). 22 May.

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 (18)

  • Mi 537Juglet in white paste, amphoriskos
  • M 747Bronze arrowhead and frag. of another bronze object
  • M 815a (number uncertain)Lead stone ball (for sling?)number uncertain
  • St 877Figurine, standing male figure
  • Mi 510Frags. of amphoriskos
  • Sherds & frag. of juglet
  • Frag. large animal figurine
  • P 2536a (number uncertain)Juglet, neck & mouth missingnumber uncertain
  • Bronze arrowhead
  • Iron frags.
  • Frag. juglet
  • Coin
  • P 2504Juglet
  • P 2503Juglet
  • Figurine - man mounted on horse
  • Juglet
  • 284aBearded head of man - mold made figurine
  • 284bCoin

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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