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 15 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 15 of 107

Finds | Diary page 1534 [check] 732. | Local Curium cooking pot, part of body, rim, | Sh 1606 and all of . Inside of rim inscribed: This is for Ap(ollonos) upside down to facilitate reading as one looks inside. Preserved h. 0.134 m. Cistern 3, settling pit, 1467-11. 7 June 49.

Page 1535 733. | Frags. of cooking pot, local Curium clay. 3 | P 2563 large sherds & 9 small. Found with F 732. 734. | Frag. of rim and shoulder of deep bowl. Shoulder | Sh 1605 inscribed by incision. In 2 pieces, also small sherd. Found with 732 & 733, p. 1467-11. [check] 735. | Ter. lamp in 3 frags. Hard baked, clean, buff clay | L 1546 black glaze, duhl, with poor gloss, much of which has flaked off. Narrow rim with grooves, flat base set off from body by groove. Tongue & frag. of volute. Diam. 0.066 m. Broneer XXII. Cistern 3, depth 5.26 m. p. 1369-8. 0.33 from walls. 4 June 49.

3Page 1536 736. | 2 ter lamp frags. section of base & side of nozzie with tongue. 3 pieces 0 joins. Circa: 1st century A.D. West of west wall of room 73, Bath, p. 1275-2. 9 May 49. In box w. glass. [check] 737. | 2 lamp frags. (a) Grey, buff clay, rather clean, no mica content. | L 1547 Black glaze, most of which has flaked off. Grooves on rim. Volutes on nozzle. Relief on discus. Type XXII. Circa 1st cent. A.D. (b) Frag. side of nozzle with tongue. Light brown buff clay - clean. Red wash on interior. Dull red glaze on exterior. Discarded. Circa: 1st century A.D. Cistern 3, p. 1369-4. 26 May 49.

Page 1537 [check] 738. | Figurine, man's head, wheel turned, local clay probably - many white grits, some mica, hardly any dark band which is characteristic of local clay. Beard, eyes, & mouth painted in black. Conical head in . Hollow. In same box with F 737, same provenience. p. 1369-4. 739. | Coin. Illegible.... 740. | Ter lamp frag. | Page 1538 Part of rim with ddeply depressed discus, plain; ovules on rim, perforated lug handle on rim, of which small piece broken off. Discarded Type XXV. Found near F 739, Bath, east of room 1, and north of small plunge bath, 0.56 m. north of re-enforcing wall, north of small plunge bath, and 0.365 m. below top of it. and 1.02 m. east of re-enforcing wall of east wall of room 1. For provenience see also Film 127-25. Section 1533-2. 20 June 41949. [check] 741. | Ribbed base of pointed amphora. | Sh 1607 Bath, room 2, hypocaust, 2d opening tin floor at base of north wall counting from west upper hypo fill. 18 June 49.

Page 1546

[check] 742.Inscribed frag. of marble slab, 0.075 x 0.075I 121
x 0.016 m. Found with F 708 q.v.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

Objects named on this page

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Recorded (11)

  • 732Cooking pot part of body and rim, inscribed · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 733Frags. of cooking pot · probably Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 734Frag. of rim and shoulder of deep bowl · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 735Terracotta lamp · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 736Ter lamp fragments · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 737Lamp fragments (2) · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 738Figurine, man's head · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 739Coin · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 740Terracotta lamp fragment · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 741Ribbed base of pointed amphora · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 742Inscribed fragment of marble slab · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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