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Stamp: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS crest
Tel. No.: Our Ref.: 3/35/5 Your Ref.:
GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES NICOSIA
5th August, 1955Sir,
In exercise of the powers vested in me by Section 16 (1) (c) of the Antiquities Law (Cap.43) I have selected for the Cyprus Museum the following items found in the Excavation of the Curium Expedition of the Pennsylvania University Museum: A. (1) All contents of the following tombs excavated in the Ayios Ermoyenis cemetery. Tomb 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10. All miscellaneous objects discovered at the same site by the Expedition. (2) All objects from the Excavation at Sotira, site Teppes with the exception of the objects described in paragraph B (2) below. B. The following items as detailed in the Expedition's main inventory are allotted to the Expedition. (1) All contents of the following tombs excavated in the Ayios Ermoyenis cemetery. Tombs 1 and 5. (2) The following objects from the Excavations at Sotira. Pottery: Inv. 195, 105, 418h, 419k, 143a, 285 and in addition a selection of sherds representing the various pottery styles at Sotira.
| Stone pestles 144, 172,370,349 | Stone Quern 170 |
| Bone needles 740,184,185,235A | Shells collection after study by an expert |
| Pointed bone tools 231 | Stone hammers 549,372 |
| Bone chisel 183 | Stone polisher 53 |
| Steatite ornaments 17,684,2A, 417,121 | Stone bowls 671, 247 |
| Perforated disk 378 | Flints: selection after study by an expert |
| Sling bullet 623 | Worked Antler (handles) 679 |
| Small celts 304, 215, 562 | Red pebbles 255 selection thereof |
| Stone chisels 711,685,232 | |
| Unfinished celts 496,312 | |
| Celts 661, 205,698,70,729 | |
| Stone Grinder 5,350,369 | |
| In addition a plaster cast of stone figure 106 will be furnished to the Expedition. |
2. It is understood that the large amphorae belonging to the Ayios Ermoyenis tomb-groups allotted to your Expedition (para. 3 above) will remain in the store room of Curium house.
3. The objects from the Sotira Excavations allotted to your Expedition (para. 4 above) will remain in the Cyprus Museum pending completion of the final Report by the Excavator, (probable time limit in summer of 1956) when both the Sotira and Ayios Ermoyenis finds allotted to your Expedition could be despatched to Philadelphia.
The Director The Curium Expedition Episkopi.
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