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 16 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 16 of 107

Finds Diary page 1546 743. Frag. glass vase. Base. Thin blown fairly Gl 155 clear greenish glass. Heavy moulded base with round hole in center. Bath, in east wall of room 1. For provenience see Film 127-29 on top of north edge of late drain. p. 1533-1. See also F 744. 21 June 49.

Page 1648 744. Ter. lamp frag. Type XXVIII, discarded. Bath, in late drain in east wall of room 1, the late drain leading from room 1. There is an earlier drain below. Found 12 cm. below F 1743 below north edge of drain. See Film 127-28. for provenience. Strat. p. 1533-1. 21Jun49

Page 1550 745. Bronze coin. Curium 4th cent. B.C. Obv. Apollo 3/4 face; rev. stag & foal. Street 1, Theta west 9.65 m. depth 0.42 m. 23 May 49.

746. Bronze object. Coin? Illegible. Bath, room 7, 0.10 m. west of west wall, 0.70 m. below modern ground level. In debris. 10 May 49. 3

747. Sherds of two ribbed vases. For provenience see Sh 1608 Film 127-3. Just north of north wall of room 1, Bath, a bottom of p. 1207-1 on what was probably 7 ancient ground level outside bath. Ptol. XIII 116/80 B.C. Apr.-May '49.

Page 1551 748. Rim of ter. lamp. Broneer type XXVIII, lug handle on rim. Same type as found in Curium House 1 (JFD). Discarded, not worth cataloguing. Tr. 9, d-Theta, north 16-20, in fill of collapsed cave. p. 1241-3. 7 May 49.

749. Lamp frags. and a few small sherds. (a) 5 pieces of mid 1st cent A.D. lamp. Possibly Broneer type XXII. (b) 2 joins of later lamp with perforated handle, upright, on rim. Type XXV. Discarded. (d) 6 sherds. West of inner east precinct wall south 29-31. Debris between below upper course. 20 June 49.

Page 1558 750. Coin. Ptol. XIII, 80/51 B.C. E. precinct walls. South 9.30 m. at base of inner wall on east side of it and at 0.55 m. below top. See Film 127-33 for provenience. 23 June 49.

751.Frags. thin blown glass vases. Bath, room 5, Gl 194, 216

p.1255-4. 3 May 49.

Page 1559 752. Bronze fitting. Street 1, Y-X, west 8-10, M 832 debris. May-June '49.

753. Lamp frag. Frag. of rim with relief pattern L 1549 of grapes & vines. Broneer, type XXVIII, our Curium House 1 type. Circa middle 4th century A.D. Bath, room 6, up against large orthostate 4 of north wall. 1.62 m. from west wall and 0.72 m. below top of late threshold block in doorway. See Film 127-35. 25 June 49.

Page 1561 754. Lamp frag. Clean, reddish micaceous clay, tongues red glaze, poor gloss - frag. side. Circa 1st. cent. A.D. Type XXII. Discarded. Bath, w. of room 7, p. 1275-3. 14 May 49.

755. Frag. lamp. Rim and handle of Broneer type L 1550 XXVIII - (Curium House 1 type), vertical hand. unperforated. Like those found in hypocausts. Bath, room 1, s.w. corner, debris, 0.20-0.25 m. over floor. 7

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 (13)

  • 743Frag. glass vase
  • 744Ter. lamp frag.
  • 745Bronze coin
  • 746Bronze object
  • 747Sherds of two ribbed vases
  • 748Rim of ter. lamp
  • 749Lamp frags. and a few small sherds
  • 750Coin
  • 751Frags. thin blown glass vases
  • 752Bronze fitting
  • 753Lamp frag.
  • 754Lamp frag.
  • 755Frag. lamp

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