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 7 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 7 of 107

Finds | Diary page 1414 Tax Tongues at both terminations of volutes. Rather broad nozzle. A later example than (a) of Broneer Type XXII. (c) rim of lamp, narrow with 2 grooves. Probably | L 1515 same ware as (a) & (b). (d) 4 other small frags, 1 of decorated discus. | L 1516 Probably all from same wares as (a). Cistern 3, p. 1369-4(b). 24 May 49. 664. 4 lamp frags. (a) Frag. of rim and nozzle of Broneer Type XXII | L 1517 Reddish buff clean clay; mottled red to black glaze on inside and out. Comparatively wide nozzle with volutes encroaching on rim. Depressed discus. (b) Frag. of rim of another lamp of similar ware | discarded (c) small non-descript frag. of lamp of similar ware. Joins a piece of 663d which joins 663a. (d) frag. of nozzle end, black | discarded Cistern 3, from sieve, 1369-4, 24 May 49.

Page 1420 665. Lamp, complete, save for nozzle. Unbroken. | L 1518 Reddish buff clay, clean and hard. Thin walls. Red glaze mottled to black on under side. Volutes from nozzle to rim. 2 grooves separate rim from discus. Depressed discus with central filling hole. Tongues at and under terminations of volutes on rim. Slightly raised base. Discus decorated with 2 fish(?) on either side of filling hole. Broneer Type XXII. Cistern 3, p. 1369-5. 25 May 49. 666. Lamp, broken, but fairly complete. Like previous | L 1519 but glaze fired black. Lion on discus. Flat base separated from sides by groove. Volutes from nozzle to rim. Tongues; 3 grooves divide rim from discus. Diam. 0.06 m. Cistern 3, p. 1369-6. 4.37 m. from top of copeing. 26 May 49. Broneer XXII.

Page 1422 667. Terracotta lamp; complete; unbroken. Broneer | L 1520 Type XXII; early example of this type. Circa: probably not later than early 1st century A.D. Clean gray buff clay. Glaze unevenly fired; brick red to black. Volutes from nozzle to rim; do not encroach on rim. Narrow rim separated from discus by concentric grooves. Tongues under volutes. Winged Cupid bearing knife in right hand and (dagger). Flat base set off from sides by narrow rimx groove. Cistern 3; depth: 4.23 m. from top of coping. 1369-5. 26 May 49. 668. 3 terracotta lamp frags of different types. (a) Frag. nozzle & rim; reddish buff, clean, hard | L 1521 clay. Dull red glaze. Volutes from nozzle to rim do not encroach on rim.

Page 1424 Tongues. Concentric grooves on rim. Decorated discus. Gr. Dim. 0.067 m. Broneer Type XXII. (b) Rim frag. Clean yellowish buff clay, black | L 1522 glaze most of which has flaked off. Impressed raised dots on rim. Plain depressed discus. Gr. D. 0.045 m. Broneer type: ? (c) Frag. nozzle, rim & discus - one piece. Clean | L 1523 light brick-coloured clay, glaze as on (a). Decorated discus. Ovules on rim. Gr. Dim 0.042 m. Broneer type: ? Later than XXII, but 1st cent. Cistern 3,p.1369-5 26 May 49.

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 (9)

  • L 1515Lamp fragment (rim of lamp)
  • L 1516Lamp fragments (4 small frags, 1 of decorated discus)
  • L 1517Lamp fragment (rim and nozzle)
  • L 1518Lamp, complete save for nozzle
  • L 1519Lamp, broken but fairly complete
  • L 1520Terracotta lamp, complete
  • L 1521Terracotta lamp fragment (nozzle and rim)
  • L 1522Rim fragment
  • L 1523Lamp fragment (nozzle, rim and discus, one piece)

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