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 4 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 4 of 107

Finds | Diary page 1324 621. Coin, thin. Illegible. Bath, hypocaust, room 9 3, central area where floor not preserved p. 1263-2. 12 May 49. 622. Bronze mouse. Tail missing, other complete M 826 and unbroken. Street 1, about 10.00 west, A'-B', surface soil. 5 May 49.

Right margin: 2

Page 1330 622a. Inscribed stone. Bath, room VIII, n.w. corner I 119 0.70 m. fr. n. wall, 0.90 fr. w. wall, level -55 from level mark room 3. 12 May 49 Page 1334 623. Frag. marble inscription. S.W. corner bath I 123 w. precinct. 1.47 m. fr. west precinct wall 1.50 fr. south wall in debris. See Film 124-20. 14 May 49. L. 0.31 m. Gr.H. 0.06 m. Gr. Th. 0.051 H. of letters .02 m. Probably wife of priest without official duties. See LBW 2811 Cesnola 35 p. 429, Early Imprixxerial probably - Mitford. White marble. 624. Inscribed pot handle. Bath, west of w. wall of Sh 1603 3 Room 7. Section p. 1275-strat. 2. 9 May. Page 1336 625. Frags., 1st cent. A.D. Lamp - probably Broneer L 1503 Type XXII - almost certainly so. Narrow rim, volutes do not encroach upon it. Depressed discus, flat base, wheelmade. Same place as F 124, in same box. 626. Lamp frag. rim. Type XXVIII. Too frag'y Bath, room 3, hypocaust. Section p. 1263- to cat. 9 strat. 3. 13 May 49. 627. Frags. objects in bone. Same provenience as #126. Page 1340 628. Glass Frag. Same provenience as 126-27. 16May.Not cat. 629. Terracotta figurine. Temple boy? Bath, 10 N.W. room (room 4), fill of collapsed cave. Section p. 1239 - Strat. 2a. 21 Apr 49. 630. Pieces of wall plaster. Painted - one red stripe and one blue stripe. Red stripe 0.06 m. in width. Same provenience as F 629. Page 1342 631. Painted sherd. Red paint. Same provenience as 130. In same box. 632. Frags. of lamp. Probably Broneer Type XXVIII. Discarded Glass not. cat. either. not worth Street 1, near Psi, west 2.50 about level of cataloguing 0.02 m. below top of wall running e-w. 30Apr49 633. Frags. glass vases. Bath, room 3, hypocaust Gl 148 9 central area where floor not preserved. p. 1263- 2 on 3. 13 May 49. Page 1344 634. Lamp, complete. Broneer, type XXVIII. Wide L 1504 rim, depressed discus, ridge handle, slightly raised flat base. Unbroken. Bath, room 3, 9 hypocaust. 1.25 m. from east wall, 1.92 from north wall, 0.89 below floor level. top of 1263-3. 14 May 49. 635. Frag. sheet bronze, a strip, 0.011 m. wide, bent M 835d at right angle at about 1/3 of its length. Th. 0.002. Gr. D. 0.058. Bath, room 3, hypocaust, 9 2.00 m. fr. east wall, 1.19 fr. north wall, 1.06 below level of floor. 1263-3 13 May 49. Rxxxxixx8

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 (16)

  • 621Coin
  • 622Bronze mouse
  • 622aInscribed stone
  • 623Frag. marble inscription
  • 624Inscribed pot handle
  • 625Lamp fragments
  • 626Lamp fragment
  • 627Frags. objects in bone
  • 628Glass Frag.
  • 629Terracotta figurine
  • 630Pieces of wall plaster
  • 631Painted sherd
  • 632Frags. of lamp
  • 633Frags. glass vases
  • 634Lamp, complete
  • 635Frag. sheet bronze, a strip

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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