1946

Photographs and records received from Cyprus in 1941-2 by the University of Pennsylvania Museum from its Curium dig

On February 7, 1946, George MacFadden and Virginia Grace examined the contents of about 35 manila envelopes and drawing rolls all but one or two of which had been received at the Museum in 1942, and most of which had not been opened. These contained records from the Curium excavations, the greater part from the cemetery near the church of St. Hermogenes east of the bluff of Curium on the small road to the sea. The tombs were of the classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. On Feb. 8 and on March 6, the contents of the mailing envelopes were recorded, sorted, and filed into 18 labelled manila folders and 10 labelled manila envelopes, as follows:

I. Envelopes, containing photographic prints: 1. Trench 43 (VG), excavation pictures 2. Architectural marbles from the Basilica on the hill of Curium 3. Miscellaneous 4. " 5. " 6. G.MacF., personal 7. G.MacF., excavation pictures, with some personal 8. Stamped jar handles 9. Objects associated with fallen sarcophagus 10. Objects from Pit 85 11. " " Tomb 1 12. " " Tombs 3,7,7a (classical) 13. " " Tomb 5 14. " " " 6 15. " " " 8 16. " " " 10 17. " " built dromos to Tombs 8 and 10 18. " " Tomb 9 and Trench 43 in general

II. Folders, containing lists, descriptive notes, etc.: 1. Summary of catalogue numbers used at Curium excavations 2. List of mailing covers, with account of contents as received in Phil. 3. Copy of VG catalogue cards of objects from Trench 43 (Tombs 1,9,etc.) 4. Copy of VG report on excavations in Trench 43 5. List of finds as recorded in G.MacF. notebooks 6. Descriptive list of objects buried for safety in June-July 1941 7. Frame-by-frame description of Leica films exposed by VG for Curium 8. Inventory lists made as required for Department of Antiquities, Cyprus 9. Copy of G.MacF. catalogue cards of objects from Tombs 5,6,7,7a 10. Photographic "plates" showing objects from Tombs 1, 8, 10

Duplicates of the photographs had been mailed in separate covers in case of loss, so of most items we now have in America one Leica contact print and two medium enlargement. These prints were made by various shops in Limassol and Nicosia at a time of great pressure of work and shortage of photographic … continues