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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 81 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 81 of 107

FindsDiary page 2773
1839.Coin, very thick. SE Bldg., E 36.908C 3596
S 1.90., bottom of 2763-2. See Film 156-11.
24 May 54
1840.Coin, bevelled edge, Ptol?, thick.C 3597
S. Bldg., room 1, e side, at 0.14 m. w. of
ashlars in east wall and at 3.45 m. s. of n.
wall. Near bottom of 2711-4. 24May51.
1841.✓Page 2775
Pot handle with incised character. S. Bldg,Sh 1683
room 1, east side, xx40 1.50-5.90 s. of n.
wall, sieve. 2711-2(b). 10May 51, removed
24 May.
1842.Pot handle with incised letter.Sh 1684✓
S. Bldg., room 3, e. side, 2.60-5.50 s. of n.
wall, sieve, 2687-3. 8May51, removed 24 May 51.
1843.✓Page 2776
Bl. glazed sherd. Hard bake d clean dull brownSh 1685
clay. Painted with white tendrils & leaves on black
background. Provenience unknown but found in area
S. Bldg., room 1. 24May51.
1844.Bronze frags. 1 nail, 1 arrowhead, oriental solid✓
type, 3 other frags - long narrow rod, roughly
square in section. All badly corroded. Not worth
cat. SE Bldg., E 36-38 N 0-4, 2763-3e. 25 May 51.

Page 27771845.1846. Saucer type lamp with pinched lip. 2 frags. Discarded as not worth cat. Same provenience. Frag. black glazed lamp. Discardedas not worth cat. Broken nozzle - black glaze inside & out. Same provenience.

1847.✓Page 2779
Ter. figurines. 1) Buff hand baked clay (Idalion?)
hand modelled, solid, dark paint. 2) Horseman -
mounted - horse not found - frag - head & all of
right leg missing. 3) 3 other frags. in same box.
SE Bldg., N 12-16, E 12-22, 2757) 1. 26 May 51.
2759)
1848.Page 2780
Coin. Illegible. SE Bldg., N 12 E 18.30,C 3598
bottom of (2757-1) at 0.445 below level of top
(2759-1)
of main threshold block in north wall. 26May51.
1849.✓Page 28 09
Frag. early lamp, 1 piece. SE Bldg., E 36 S 1L 1485
at bottom of 2763-4e, 28May51.
1850.2 pot handles with incised characters.Sh 1686-87✓
SE Bldg., E 35-36, S 0-4, bottom of 2763-4
28May51.
1851.✓Page 2811
Frag. pot with incised letters: EXE. SameSh 1688
provenience. 28May51.
1852.Frag. marble bowl. Gr. dim. 0.30, Th. 0.036.St 922✓
SE Bldg., E 30, S 00, bottom of 2763-3.28May51.
1853.✓Page 2815
Pot, common ware. Same provenience but E 30
S 0.50.
1854.Frags. blown glass bases. 1 base with tiny knobsGl 918✓
at circumference. Various frr. Not cat. Same
provenience. E 30-35, S 0-2.10, 2763-3.

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 (16)

  • C 3596Coin
  • C 3597Coin
  • Sh 1683Pot handle
  • Sh 1684Pot handle
  • Sh 1685Sherd
  • Bronze fragments
  • Saucer type lamp
  • Lamp fragment
  • Terracotta figurines
  • C 3598Coin
  • L 1485Lamp fragment
  • Sh 1686-87Pot handles
  • Sh 1688Pot fragment
  • St 922Marble bowl fragment
  • Pot, common ware
  • Gl 918 (number uncertain)Glass base fragmentsnumber uncertain

Also mentionedSH133, SH134, P744

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