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 12 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 12 of 107

Finds Diary page 1510 (b) figurine, frag., man's arm holding disc. Not cat. (c) Bronze spear head, badly diseased. Not cat. (d) Thin blown glass with iridescence. Not cat. Box II 1369-4(b) sieve. (a) 1369-4(b) frag. lamp, rim and nozzle of Br.XXII L 1533 (b) Perforated large handle of similar fabric. L 1534 (c) 10 other lamp frags. May 24. discarded. Box III 1369-5, sieve. 33 lamp frags. of which 1 is definitely Br. XXII and 2 XXIV probably - the rest appear to be all L1535-37 1st cent. A.D. 1 Bronze frag. Box IV 1369-6 30 May 49. (a) 1 nozzle of lamp. Probably Broneer Type XXIII L 1538 (c) Glass frags. including thin blown with [handwritten: GL 241, 242, 24-6] iridescence. Not cat. Box V 1369-6 sieve. 30 May 49. 16 lamp frags. including one from Broneer XXII discarded All appear to be 1st cent. A.D. Types XXII, XXIII or XXIV. One coarse ware nozzle. L 1539 Box VI 1369-7 sieve. 30May49 (a) 31 ter lamp frags., probably all belonging to Broneer types XXII, XXIII, or XXIV. Discarded as too fragmentary to catalogue. (b) 4 sherds (3 join) of juglets dark brown concentric Sh1601 circles on buff field. Box VII 1369-7 2 June 49 (a) Terl lamp frag. Rim and volute of Broneer type L 1540 XXII. (b) 1 nozzle frags., one large and one small of Broneer type XXIII or XXIV, probably. Discarded. (c) 15 other lamp frags. probably all Broneer types XXII, XXIII, or XXIV. Discarded. Box VIII, 1369-8. Within 0.50 of cistern walls. (a) 2 lamp frags., clean buff brown slightly micaceous clay. Black dull glaze w. poor gloss. Both rim frags. Too frag. toc at. Discarded. (b) Thin blown glass frags. Not worth cat. [handwritten: GL 232] Box IX 1369-8 3 June 49 (a) Rim and part of discus of lamp. Light, clean L 1541 brown buff clay, slightly micaceous. Black to brown dull glaze. Diam 0.068 m. Br. type 22-24. (b) Frag. lamp, wall of nozzle w. tongue. Probably Broneer type XXIII. Clay as above (a) with traces of black glaze. Discarded. (c) Frag. vase, paste. Soft, powdery white, with traces of yellow paint. Not worth cat. Box X 1369-8 2 June 49 within 0.50 of cistern walls, from sieve. (a) Frag. Br. type XIX lamp. L 1542 (b) 14 frags. lamps with red or black glaze. Br. type 22-24 probably. Discarded.

Page 1518 2 June 49 Box XI 1369-8, sieve, center 3 lamp frags, 2 with black glaze, one with traces of brown. Buff clay, clean, slightly micaceous. One contains some red grit. Discarded- not worth cat. 7 June 49 Box XII p. 1369-9, 14x67-9 Figurine. Light brown, hard baked clay with white bits and dark sand, local. Man's head - handmade. 7 June 49 Box XIII p. 1467-11 sieve (a) 1 sherd shaped like rim of lamp. A chocolate brown coarse micaceous clay w. many white bits. Discarded.

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Recorded (9)

  • L 1533lamp fragment · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 1534lamp handle · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L1535-37lamp fragments
  • L 1538lamp nozzle · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 1539lamp nozzle · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 1540lamp fragment · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • Sh1601juglet sherds · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 1541lamp rim and discus · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 1542lamp fragment · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

Also mentionedGL 241, GL 242, GL24, GL25, GL26, GL 232

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