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 103 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 103 of 107

Diary page 269 36. Street 1 N-Xi east 12-14 in surface soil. I 69 (or 68?) See 38. 7/4/37. 37. Marble inscription. Trench 9 Z-H north 24-26 in surface soil. Film 34, no. 10. Mar. 29. I 69 38. Found near no. 36. Bottom of 38 joins on the top of 36. 7/4/37 I 68 39. Marble insc. Trench 9 A-B north 28-30. In I 73 surface soil. Mar. 29. 40. Marble inscription. Trench 9 B-Gamma I 70 Page 271 north 28-30 in surface soil. Mar. 27. 41. Marble inscription. Trench 9 B-Gamma I 71 north 30-32 in surface soil. Mar. 27. 42. Marble inscription. Trench 9 Delta-E I 72 north 28-30 in surface soil. Mar. 27 43. Stone sphinx. Trench 9 I-K north 16-18 St 422 lying on 2nd stratum. Mar.. 23 Page 273 44. Marble inscription. Trench 9 n-xi south 202-4 in surface soil. April 12. I 74 45. Stone head of man. 11 x 7.4 cm. ears 3 cm. See photograph 15, no. 29. St 405 46. Marble inscription Street 1 A-B west 0-2 lying on 2nd stratum. 14/4/37. I 77 47. Marble inscription found in dump (1936 dump) I 75 48. Stone fragment statue, piece of arm? 5.8 cm. x 2.5. Trench 9 K-Delta north 26-28 second St 439 stratum April 17. 49. Piece alabaster found in Cave 1. Mar. 27. St 431 Page 315 50. Marble finger 8 cm. slightly bent -broken St 437 off at the knuckle. Trench 9 K-Lambda north 26-28 lying on second stratum. Mar. '37 51. Marble finger (See 50) 8.4 cm. broken off St 438 near knuckle. Trench 9 I-K north 28.30 in surface soil. Mar. 23. 52. Marble finger 7 cm. St 436 Trench 9 I-K south 4-6 lying on 2nd stratum. April 4. 53. Capital near Temple B w. Base. East of Temple B, e-z east 2.50. Film 17, no. 8. 30 cm. north of precinct wall to south of it lying on 3rd stratum. 54. Grey-white shiny stone. Street 1 Delta-98- Mi 306 Epsilon east 100 cm. in surface soil. April 17. 55. Trench 9 B-140-Gamma north 27.40 just under Mi 309 surface of 2nd stratum. See Diary April 21. April 21. 56. Stone head of man 13 x 111 cm. - turban St 403 runs evenly round brown , behind ears and straight and flat behind, with narrow, elonxgadgated eyes. Nose & mouth missing, but side of face badly damaged. Slight traces of red paint on brow just below turban and of brown paint on face, possibly faded to brown from red. Street 1 K-78-Lambda east 9.12 lying on 2nd stratum. April 20.

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 (20)

  • I 69Marble inscription
  • I 68Marble inscription
  • I 73Marble inscription
  • I 70Marble inscription
  • I 71Marble inscription
  • I 72Marble inscription
  • St 422Stone sphinx
  • I 74Marble inscription
  • St 405Stone head of man
  • I 77Marble inscription
  • I 75Marble inscription
  • St 439Stone fragment statue, piece of arm?
  • St 431Piece alabaster
  • St 437Marble finger
  • St 438Marble finger
  • St 436Marble finger
  • Capital
  • Mi 306Grey-white shiny stone
  • Mi 309Scarab
  • St 403Stone head of man

Also mentionedI 69, I 68, I 73, I 70, I 71, I 72, I 74, I 77, I 75, St 422, St 405, St 439, St 431, St 437, St 438, St 436, Mi 306, Mi 309, St 403

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