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 66 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 66 of 79

Finds304.305.306.307.[handwritten: 14] Diary page 1026 Coin. Ptol. XIII 80/51. Trench 9, a^150-b south 11.45 m. about 0.320 m. below highest point in wall, showing in section page 1019, in strat. 2 See Film 111, #8. 25 May. In earth, few stones or debris. Coin. Bevelled edge. Found 1.40 m. west of F 304, same level. a-10-b, south 11.45 m. Section See Film 111, #8. 25 May. Ptol. XI 116/80. Coin. Trench 9, Theta-175-iota, 70 s. of north line of trench 9, in Strat. 1 (a). See Film 111, #9. Among stones in debris. Lyre. Curium 4th cent. B.C. Coin. Trench 9,a-90-b, south 11.45 m. bottom of Strat. 2 among small stones. See Section p. 1019 about 40 cm. below the top of the wall showing in section. 25 May. 1019-2 Ptol. II, 285/272.

Page 1028
308.Coin. Street 1, Lambda-Mu, west 0-4 in
stratum 3 of clean earth with very
few stones and very small when found -
scarcely any tiles or sherds. Exact location
in square not known. Helena Augusta.
309.Seal stone in blue paste.Mi 508
Street 1, I-165-K, 0.29 m. west of wall at 4.00
m. west. In strat. 2, about 0.14 m. below top
of wall. 26 May.
310.Bronze rod twisted at one end to terminate inM 759
duck's neck and head. Street 1, K-45-Lambda,
west 7.60 m. in stratum 2, bottom.
Page 1030
311.Object in sheet bronze, frag.M 760
Found 1 cm. south of 310 of same level.
26 May. Placed in same box.
312.Glass - no - piece of sea shell, I see.Too frag'y
Fragmentary. Broken in many pieces.to cat.
Street 1, K, west 27.80 m. in strat. 2.
313.Frag. of decorated sheet bronze.M 825
Street 1, K-75-Lambda, 7.00 west, at bottom
of strat. 2. 26 May.
314.Transparent crystal. [handwritten: scaraboid]St 862
Street 1, K-100-Lambda, west 10.70 m. in
stratum 2.
Page 1031
315.Scarab. Found 10 cm. northwest of F 314.St 857
Placed in xxxsame box. Same level. 26 May.
316.Scarab. [handwritten: .] Street 1, K-Lambda, west 8-10,St 858
exact location not know, as found by shovel
man in strat 2. 26 May.
317.Decorated frags. of sheet iron. Street 1,joins
H-20-Theta, west 2.70 m., strat. 2.320 (M774)
318.Frag. of sheet bronze.Too frag'y
Street 1, H, west 2.00 m. Strat. 2.to cat.

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)

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Recorded (15)

  • 304Coin
  • 305Coin
  • 306Coin
  • 307Coin
  • 308Coin
  • 309Seal stone
  • 310Bronze rod
  • 311Object
  • 312Glass
  • 313Frag. of decorated sheet bronze
  • 314Scaraboid
  • 315Scarab
  • 316Scarab
  • 317Decorated frags. of sheet iron
  • 318Frag. of sheet bronze

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