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Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 16·1939–1948

Kourion Complex (Apollo), Finds (abstracted from McFadden's notebooks) (2 of 2)

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 102 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 16 (Kourion Complex (Apollo), Finds (abstracted from McFadden's notebooks) (2 of 2)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 16, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 102 of 107

Margin right: 3

Diary page 245 Stones & Marbles 20. Marble. Trench 9 Gamma-Delta north 24-26 | I 57 in surface soil. Mar. 30. 21. West of Temple B A-B west 4-6 (see diary | I 58 for April 1 & 2) in surface soil. April 3. 22. Trench 9 delta-epsilon south 6-8 lying on | I 59 2nd str. Apr. 5 23. Archaic head of priest in stone. H. 8 cm. | St 402 Chin to back of neck. 5 cm. Trench 9 Delta-Epsilon north 30-32 in surface soil. Mar. 26. Page 253 24. Head of animal in stone 8.5 x 11.5 cm. in style of 23. Trench 9 H-Theta north 10-12 first | St 422 stratum (surface soil) Mar. 18. 25. Inscription. Trench 9 Gamma-Delta north | I 60 30-32 in surface soil. Mar. 25. 26. Inscription. Street 1 M-N west 2-4 in surface | I 91 soil. April 2. See St 5 27. Marble. Trench 9 E-Z north 24-26 in surface | —— soil (probably part of pavement). Masonic sign? _____ possibly for Paphos as on some Ptolemaic coins. April 6. Page 257 28. Inscription. Trench 9 Lambda-Mu north 26-28 lying on 2nd stratum. Mar. 31. | I 61 29. Stone inscription. Trench 9 I-K north 28.30 in surface soil. Mar. 23. | I 62 30. Marble inscription frag. 12 cm. thick. Trench 9 I-K north 28.30 in surface soil. Mar. 23. | I 63 31. Trench 9 i-k south 8-12 lying on 2nd stratum Apr. 6-7 | I 64 Page 260 32. Trench 9 theta-iota south 14-16 in surface | I 65 soil. Apr. 7. 33. Marble inscr. Street 1 Lambda-Mu east 2-4 | I 66 in surface soil. April 9 34. Marble piece of pavement. Trench 9 H-Theta north 16-18 lying on 2nd stratum. | —— 35. Marble inscription. Street 1 Lambda-Mu east | I 67 4-6 in surface soil. April 12.

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 (16)

  • Marble
  • 21. West of Temple B A-B west 4-6 (see diary for April 1 & 2
  • 22. Trench 9 delta-epsilon south 6-8 lying on 2nd str. Apr.
  • St 402Archaic head of priest
  • St 422Head of animal
  • Inscription
  • Inscription
  • Marble
  • Inscription
  • Stone inscription
  • Marble inscription frag.
  • 31. Trench 9 i-k south 8-12 lying on 2nd stratum Apr. 6-7
  • 32. Trench 9 theta-iota south 14-16 in surface soil. Apr. 7.
  • Marble inscription
  • Marble piece of pavement
  • Marble inscription

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