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 13 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 13 of 107

Finds Diary page 1518 (b) Bronze frag. Looks like nail head. Not worth cataloguing.

Box XIV 1369-8 depth. 5.23 from top of coping, 0.50 from wall. 4 June 49. Bead in glass paste. Mi 541 4 eyes painted on side in black paint. Gr. [handwritten: ~] Diam. 0.021. m.

Box XV p. 1369-3, sieve, 24 May 49 (c) Frag. rim with volute. Probably Broneer type XXII or XXIII. Clean buff clay, black dull glaze, some white bits and air holes. Discarded, not worth cataloguing. 713. Frags. of flat, fairly thin semi-transparent Gl 150 glass with iridescence. Possibly for window panes. Mr. Hill's suggestion. Bath, praefurnium, or rather flue leading thence to room 3 under doorway and step 1263-5.

Page 1522 714. Many large glass frags. of glass vases including one heavy rim with high foot. Some thin blown. Important as can be dated by us to 4th cent. A.D. Bath, room 3, hypocaust, west bay in flue leading from praefurnium. p. 1285-2(a). 17 May 49 715. 5 bases and one rim of large glass vases, and many other small frags. 3 bases with foot resemble fragment in 714. Bath, hypocaust, room 3. Removed by Mr. Hill 5 May 49. level not indicated, or position, on box. Important as can be dated by us to 4th cent. A.D. 716. Fine examples of painted wall plaster, panels in blue, black, and deep maroon red on snow white field. 7 pieces. Lime plaster with coarse sand. Bath, room 5, p. 1255-2(b) east end. 30Apr49 717. Frag. lamp. Piece of discus. Red buff local Page 1523 Curium clay. Broad rim with faint & impressed circles. Faintly impressed palmettes on rim. Imperial type. Discarded, not worth cataloguing. Type XXVII Bath, n. of room 3, just s. of north precinct wall near west end of room 3. p. 1251-2. 31 May 49 718. Bronze ring. Street 1, X-A', west 2-4, depth M 838 0.10 - 28 Apr 49.

Page 1524 719. Lamp frags. (a) lug handle belong. probably to Br. Type XXVIII. Buff clay, no paint. Discarded (b) Similar clay - 2 joins of late, imperial L 1543 lamp earlier than Type XXV. (c) 2 rims belonging to same lamp decorated as L 1544 drawn. White coarse clay, black paint, relief on discus. Red & white bits in clay. [handwritten: Mended] Street 1, Psi-Omega, west 0-8 debris. 8 Apr. 49 720. Frags., 4, - probably from same lamp (Br. type L 1545 XXVIII with lug handle on rim, boat shaped. Herring bone on rim. Hard baked buff - ____ clay with impurities. Piece of base probably belongs. Discarded Rim of similar type lamp, relief on discus. Discarded. Bath, north of extreme west end of room 3. p. 1251-2. 31 May 49.

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 (9)

  • Mi 541Bead
  • Gl 150Window pane fragments
  • 714.Glass vases
  • 715.Glass vases
  • 716.Painted wall plaster
  • 717.Lamp fragment
  • 718.Bronze ring
  • 719.Lamp fragments
  • 720.Lamp fragments

Also mentionedL 1543, L 1544, L 1545

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