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 19 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 19 of 107

FindFinds | Diary page 1624 779. | Coin. Demetrius Pol. 306-295 B.C. East of Temple A stairway 2.00 m. north of N. plateia wall, 4.00 m. below e. wall of stairway, 0.43 m. in xloose brown soil. See Film 129, s#30. 780. | Coin. Thick. Illegible....20 Mar. 50. 781. | Coin. Demetrius Pol. 3.26 west of Temple A stairway landing (w.wall of stairway). 0.72 m. north of s. wall of room 1 in debris near fallen tile frags. among small stones. See Film 129 - for exact location. | Page 1628 782. | Coin. Maximian, 296. East of east wall of Temple A, 2.15 m. north of stairway landing 27.50 m. In surface soil (Markos). 21 Mar 50 783. | Coin. Severus Alexander. Room 6, w. of Temple A, under debris of rough stones under east wall of room. 1.16 m. west of east wall and 0.70 m. north of south wall and 0.70, repeat 0.70 m. below top of threshold between rooms 3 & 4. See Film 130, #1. Among stones & loose brown earth at approx. level on which debris fell. 22 March 50. | Page 1632 784. | Frag. of lamp. W. of temple A, Room 6, 0.91 | L 1304 m. west of e. wall and 0.62 m. north of S. wall ground level under debris. See also F 783 22 March 50. 785. | 1 lamp frag. W. Temple A, Room 1, s. side | L 1305 among small stones near floor level. See Film 129-34. Found near coin. 21 March 50 786. | 2 lamp frags. W. Temple A, Room 6, 1.15 from | L 1308-11 north wall, 1.83 from east wall, 0.50 below surface. 18 March 50. | Page 1633 787. | 2 lamp frags. Just 2. of w. wall of room 2 and | L 1307 0.77 below it among small stones at approx floor | L 1312 level. North of Temple A stairway landing 0.75- 1.75. 21 March 50. 788. | Many lamp frags. North of Temple A N. wall 0.10- 1.00. West of Cistern 2 2.40-5.05 on ground level under surface soil. 22 March 50. A. Handle & rim - Type XXV | L 1559 B. Rim wall & base, mended, Type XXV | L 1560 C. Rim & wall, Type ? | L 1561 | Page 1635 789. | Coin. Augustus & Gaius. Temple A, W. cella, 1.34 m. w. of w. peristelion, north 26.00 m. See Film 130-13 among rough stones at approx. level of bottom of orthostates in peristelion and on edge of depression in stone debris as shown in photo. 790. | Frag. lamp. Discarded, too fragmentary. In debris just under west peristelion of w. cella of Temple A and 26.00 north. 23 Mar 50. | Page 1636 791. | Coin? Illegible... 792. | Coin. Valens. W. Bldg Room ___, s. end. 2.05 w. of colonnade, 0.95 n. of s. wall, approx. on floor. 23 Mar. 50. 793. | Coin. Illegible... 23 Mar. 50.

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Objects named on this pageKourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

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Recorded (15)

  • 779Coin
  • 780Coin
  • 781Coin
  • 782Coin
  • 783 (number uncertain)Coinnumber uncertain
  • 784Lamp fragment
  • 785Lamp fragment
  • 786Lamp fragment
  • 787Lamp fragment
  • 788Lamp fragments
  • 789Coin
  • 790Lamp fragment
  • 791Coin
  • 792Coin
  • 793Coin

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