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 77 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.

Page Diary page 2692Scan 77 of 107

Finds 1755. 10 tile frags. earlier than S. Bldg. S. Bldg., room 5, center. 7.45-8.60 s. of n. wall, 00-2.13 e. of w. wall, 2663-2. 4 Apr 51. Removed 13 Apr.

1756. Pot handle with incised Cypriot character. S. Bldg. Sh1780 00-3.00 m. s. of w. wall. 39.00-43.60 e. of w. end 2633-2. 26 Mar 51. Removed 13 Apr. 1757. Bone spindle whorl. Same provenience. 1758. 7 pot handles with incised characters. S. Bldg. Sh1772-78 corridor 1, 00-6.10 m. n. of s. wall, 2289-5(a)&(b) 11 Dec 51.

1759. 2 pot handles with incised characters. 00-3.00 m. s. Sh1675-76 of S. Bldg., 24.00-32.80 m. e. of w. end. 2615-1. 17 Mar 51, removed 14 Apr 51. 1760. 7 frags. 1st cent. A.D. lamp, red paint, narrow discus. Broneer type XXII-almost certainly. Discarded Too fragy. to cat. S. Bldg., room 5, e. side, 00-0.70 s. of n. wall. 2543-1. 24 Feb 51, removed 14 Apr 51. 1761. Terracotta figurine, solid, traces dark paint on eyes, brow & beard of youth, head only. Surface find Apollo - not from excavations. April 1951. Joins T 2034

1762. Box of terracotta broken lamps. Broneer Type XXVII. and Type XXV. Mostly type XXV with hearth shaped nozzle & ovules on rim. Have discarded all but one: Type XXVII with a peacock on discus - buff L 1576 clay fired grey buff. 3.00-5.15 s. of S. Bldg., 39.00-43.50 e. of w. end. 19 Apr 51. 1763. Box of thin blown glass from glass vases. Same Gl 207 provenience.

1764. Coin. Illegible. Same provenience. at 42.80 e. C 3579 of w. end at 4.15 m. s. of S. Bldg., bottom of 2633-1, at 2.435 below top of plinth 6, w. stylobate, room 5, 19 Apr 51. 1765. Bowl frag. with incised character. 7.80-10.10 m. Sh 1781 s. of S. Bldg., 44.00-49.50 e. of w. end. 2673-2. 13 Apr 51. Removed 20 Apr 51.

1766. Ter. lamp frags. 6 frags. Thin, metallic fabric, grey buff, no traces paint. Possibly late 1st cent. A.D. Perhaps Type XXV, discarded, too fragy to cat. 3.00-5.15 m. s. of S. Bldg., 39.00-43.50 e. of w. end. 2633-1. 19 Apr 51. 1767. Ter. lamp frag. of saucer type lamp - discarded, not worth cat. 7.80-10.10 s. of S. Bldg., 45.60-49.50 e. of w. end, 2689-3. 17 Apr 51. Removed. 23Apr51.

1768. Ter. Roman lamp frag. Thin walls - clean, hard baked reddish clay. Brown buff surface. Discarded, not worth cat. Same provenience. 1769. Ter. figurine - man's head, wreathed, moldmade, solid, Curium clay without slip. Same provenience. 1770. Stamped xxxpot handle. Curium clay. OIA, along, SH 202 not across handle. Same provenience.

1771. Stone head, crude workmanship, man's head. SE Bldg, E 24.00-29.00, N 4.00-9.00, 2705-1. 27 Apr 51. 1772. 4 lamp frags. Broneer type XXVIII, discarded not worth cat. Same provenience. 27 Apr 51. 1773. Stamped amphora handle. Same provenience. SH 203.

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 (20)

  • 1755Tile fragments
  • 1756Pot handle
  • 1757Spindle whorl
  • 1758Pot handles
  • 1759Pot handles
  • 1760Lamp fragments
  • 1761Terracotta figurine
  • 1762Lamp (Type XXVII)
  • L 1576Lamp
  • Gl 207 (number uncertain)Glass vases fragmentsnumber uncertain
  • C 3579Coin
  • Sh 1781Bowl fragment
  • Lamp fragments
  • Lamp fragment
  • Lamp fragment
  • Figurine (man's head)
  • SH 202Pot handle
  • Stone head
  • Lamp fragments
  • SH 203 (number uncertain)Amphora handlenumber uncertain

Also mentionedSh1780, SH1772, SH1773, SH1774, SH1775, SH1776, SH1777, SH1778, SH1675, SH1676, P 2737

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