Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3·July–December 1934

July–December 1934

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 38 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3 (July–December 1934), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 3, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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the complex. You are going to find me an insistent advocate of investi-gating the place. But the best & thing we saw today, and really a very fine site, is that of a Cypriote temple, across the Paphos road and just below the ruined house near the so-called temple. Christo was really quite excited about it, and says that it will be even richer than Aghia Irini. It is absolutely untouched, save for two small pits, which don't affect much. I don't know much about Cypriote temples (though the subject appeals to me greatly), but I do know that I was very much impressed by the sculpture we found lying around on the surface: one whole torso and numerous large fragments of fine Cypriote archaic statues,

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