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 59 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 59 of 107

Finds1420.1421.Diary page 2343 Frag. saucer type lamp with pinched lip. Discarded - not worth cat. S. Bldg., room 2, e. side, at 0.11 m. w. of e. wall, at 5.40 n. of s. wall, at 1.445 below top of orthostates in stylobate (w. wall of corridor) at bottom of 2331-2. 5 Dec 50. Glass frags. Various. Few silvery frr. One greenish base fr. Not worth cat. S. Bldg., corridor 1, 3.30-6.20 m. n. of s. wall in 2289-4(b) 5 Dec 50.

Page 2345
1422.Bronze nail, complete, but bent. S. Bldg.M 845
room 3, e. side, 1.70-5.15 m. north of s. wall
in 2297-4. 5 Dec 50.
1423.6 lamp frags - all of saucer type with pinched lip.
Discarded - not worth cat. Same provenience as previous.
Page 2347
1424.Frag. water pipe. Should be earlier than 102 A.D.ST 7
S. Bldg., room 5, e. side, at bottom of 2333-1
near e. wall at 1.30 n. of s. wall. 5 Dec 50.
1425.2 glass frags - one a base of bottle with a pointed
center. Translucent glass with some irridescence.
Neither worth cat. Found by water pipe F 1424.
5 Dec 50.

1426.1427.Page 2351 Figurine, horsehead. S. Bldg., room 4, w. side, 1.70-5.30 n. of s. wall, 2321-1. Removed from sieve 6 Dec 50; sherds removed 29 Nov 50. Glass frags. Blown glass with usual irridescence. Not worth cat. S. Bldg., room 2, e. side, 2.00- 5.90 n. of s. wall 2331-2. Sieve - 6 Dec 50. Sherds removed 5 Dec 50.

Page 2353
1428.Blown glass frags. Some transparent, some trans
lucent. Usual irridescence. Not worth cat. S.
Bldg., corridor 2, 00-4.85 m. north of xs. wall,
2264x5-3. 6 Dec 50.
1429.Bronze spear head. S. Bldg., corridor 1, 0.57 m.M 848a
s. of n. wall, 0.39 e. of threshold. 1.48 m. below
top of threshold block in west wall. In 2293-7.
6 Dec.
Page 2354
1430.Lamp frag? or saucer type with pinched lip.
Discarded, not worth cat. S. Bldg., corridor 1,
2.00 m. s. of n. wall 0.15 m. e. of w. wall in
2293-7. 6 Dec 50.
1431.2 sherds (joined). 1 black maeanders on red field -Sh 1616
Attic? S. Bldg., room 2, e. side, 2.80-5.90 n. of
s. wall, 2331-1. 4 Dec 50. Removed 6 Dec.

1432.1433.1434.Page 2357 Glass frag. Green, opaque, thick. Th. 0.004 m. Not worth cat. Same provenience as previous. Thin blown glass including part of bottle. Irridescence. Long, narrow neck fr., also fr. of base. Not worth cat. S. Bldg., corridor 2, 00-2.00 m. n. of s. wall in 2359-1. 7 Dec 50. Frag. lamp nozzle - discarded. Too fragmentary. Same provenience.

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 (15)

  • 1420Frag. saucer type lamp with pinched lip
  • 1421Glass frags.
  • 1422Bronze nail
  • 1423Lamp frags
  • 1424Frag. water pipe
  • 1425Glass frags
  • 1426Figurine, horsehead
  • 1427Glass frags
  • 1428Blown glass frags
  • 1429Bronze spear head
  • 1430Lamp frag? or saucer type lamp with pinched lip
  • 1431Sherds (2, joined)
  • 1432Glass frag
  • 1433Thin blown glass including part of bottle
  • 1434Frag. lamp nozzle

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