Series·Kourion, Penn Museum expedition
Reports and manuscripts, 1938–1980
1 photograph, 2 documents, 16 manuscripts · 1938–80
Sites: Kourion, Episkopi-Bamboula, Kourion-Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Kourion-House of Eustolios, Kourion-Stadium, Kourion-Ayios Ermoyenis
This series holds reports and manuscripts written on the excavations between 1938 and 1980: 19 folders and 578 pages. They include the report on Bamboula to the Department of Antiquities of 1938. Others are filed by area of the site: reports on the Apollo sanctuary from before and after 1945 (three folders); the building that J. F. Daniel first called "the Palace", later known as the House of Eustolios, with DeCoursey Fales's manuscript on its mosaics of about 1955 (two folders); the stadium in 1947 (photographs and drawings) and its terracotta objects of 1948; and Virginia Grace's account of the discovery of Trench 43 at St Hermogenes (Ayios Ermoyenis) in 1941. There are also excavation reports of 1949–1951, George H. McFadden's "Hellenistic Portraits" (1951), "The Seals of Curium" (about 1950), P. Dikaios's report on Sotira (1951), three folders of work by J. L. Benson on Bamboula and the stadium, a bibliography, and a 1980 paper by D. Soren and E. Lane, "New Ideas about the Destruction of Paphos".
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Before its principal excavators died the expedition had published only short preliminary reports; the final studies came later, from several hands. The finding aid notes that the expedition's publications are listed in a bibliography of May 1978.
Sources
- Penn Museum Archives. Kourion, Cyprus Expedition records, PU-Mu 1050. Finding aid by K. T. Baxter, L. Rosen and L. Zych, 2014. Philadelphia: Penn Museum Archives. https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_MUSEUM_PU-MU.1050 (accessed 4 November 2026).
- Costello, B., IV. 2014. Architecture and Material Culture from the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus (BAR International Series 2635). Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 17–18.
Transcribed, page by page
- Box 3, folder 10Bamboula (…“Seal impressions…”) Benson 1955 · Jack L. Benson1955 · 77 pages
- Box 3, folder 11Bamboula Report to the Department of Antiquities, 19381938 · 2 pages
- Box 3, folder 12Bamboula “A Tomb of the Early Classical Period” Benson (photos)1938–1980 · 31 pages
- Box 3, folder 13Kourion Complex (Apollo) pre 19451938–1980 · 36 pages
- Box 3, folder 14Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (1 of 2)1938–1980 · 33 pages
- Box 3, folder 15Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (2 of 2)1938–1980 · 59 pages
- Box 3, folder 16Kourion Complex Palace1938–1980 · 25 pages
- Box 3, folder 17Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (1 of 2) · De C. Fales (probably)c. 1955 · 97 pages
- Box 4, folder 1Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (2 of 2) · De C. Fales (probably)c. 1955 · 67 pages
- Box 4, folder 2Kourion Complex Palace (Stadium) 1947 (photos and drawings)1947 · 6 pages
- Box 4, folder 3Kourion Complex (Stadium) “Fluted Columns in Cypress” Benson c. 1955 · Jack L. Bensonc. 1955 · 28 pages
- Box 4, folder 4Kourion Complex (Stadium), terracotta objects 19481948 · 6 pages
- Box 4, folder 5Ayios Ermoyenis, Discovery of Trench 43, V. Grace 1941 · Virginia Randolph Grace1941 · 13 pages
- Box 4, folder 6Sotira, P. Dikaios, 1951 · Porphyrios Dikaios1951 · 3 pages
- Box 4, folder 7Excavation Reports 1949–19511949–1951 · 13 pages
- Box 4, folder 8Hellenistic Portraits, McFadden 1951 · George H. McFadden1951 · 54 pages
- Box 4, folder 9“New Ideas about the Destruction of Paphos,” D. Soren and E. Lane 1980 · David Soren and Eugene Lane1980 · 10 pages
- Box 4, folder 10“The Seals of Curium,” c. 1950c. 1950 · 9 pages
- Box 4, folder 11Bibliography1938–1980 · 9 pages
Item: Jack L. Benson, 1955. PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 10. "Reports and manuscripts: Bamboula (…“Seal impressions…”) Benson 1955". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: 1938. PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 11. "Reports and manuscripts: Bamboula Report to the Department of Antiquities, 1938". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Photograph: PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 12. "Reports and manuscripts: Bamboula “A Tomb of the Early Classical Period” Benson (photos)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 13. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex (Apollo) pre 1945". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 14. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (1 of 2)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 15. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (2 of 2)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 16. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex Palace". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: c.1955. PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 17. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (1 of 2)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: c.1955. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 1. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (2 of 2)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: 1947. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 2. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex Palace (Stadium) 1947 (photos and drawings)". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: Jack L. Benson, c.1955. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 3. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex (Stadium) “Fluted Columns in Cypress” Benson c. 1955". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: 1948. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 4. "Reports and manuscripts: Kourion Complex (Stadium), terracotta objects 1948". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: Virginia Randolph Grace, 1941. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 5. "Reports and manuscripts: Ayios Ermoyenis, Discovery of Trench 43, V. Grace 1941". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: Porphyrios Dikaios, 1951. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 6. "Reports and manuscripts: Sotira, P. Dikaios, 1951". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: 1949–51. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 7. "Reports and manuscripts: Excavation Reports 1949–1951". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: George H. McFadden, 1951. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 8. "Reports and manuscripts: Hellenistic Portraits, McFadden 1951". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: David Soren and Eugene Lane, 1980. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 9. "Reports and manuscripts: “New Ideas about the Destruction of Paphos,” D. Soren and E. Lane 1980". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: c.1950. PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 10. "Reports and manuscripts: “The Seals of Curium,” c. 1950". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized. 
Item: PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 11. "Reports and manuscripts: Bibliography". Courtesy of the Penn Museum. Resized.
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