Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 13·1957

1957: Apollo terracotta objects

·

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

Scan 6 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 13 (1957: Apollo terracotta objects), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 6 of 7

CURIUM TERRACOTTAS"ALTAR TWO"NO. [red pencil: 1035]
(1035)
SUBJECT: Large Horse and Rider: HOLLOW UNMOLDEDA from 32:plus
ASSEMBLED FROM .9.. FRAGMENTSCLASS: T

CLAY: coarse tan, white grits, black silt in places, crushed tile to reddish in places | SECTIONS: throughout altar* NOTEBOOK: p. 125 STORED: | GROUP: RC-Hv Imp MOLD:

FIRING:

PAINT: traces of white groundHEAD DRESS
DIMENSIONS: H. A 0.730 See over.DATE: xi, 1939

CLASSIFICATION: REFERENCES, COMPARISONS: [handwritten: cf Horse (bronze) from Olympia, AJA XLVI, 1942, p. 484 & Fig. 3, for treatment of mane - 470-460 B.C.] NOTES: [faint: About half life-size]

RO. NO.

ORI:PHOTOGRAPH
MAN FIGUREDESCRIPTIONANIMAL FIGURES

ESS: | A: PH as rest. 0.730. Preserves almost all of horses body to neck, bit of mane, front of neck and nose; Lower back, r. leg to ankle of rider. Heavy-chested horse with not much modelling, r. fore, l. hind leg very slightly advanced. Hooves are cloven, ankle and heel indicated. Tail marked with irregular wavy incised lines, stands stiffly out. Mane marked the same. Around chest broad breast-band; heavy added partly freehanging reins to bit; for bridle see drawing. Saddle has pommel before, slightly raised rounded edge behind. (CONT. OVER) *And Doric Portico, room south of one with large threshold, figurines only, 727-2, 7 Nov. 1947. | TYPE:

ATE: [illegible]LES: | PRESERVED: Hair on tail incised w. wavy lines: genital organs indicated; hoofs modelled.

PRESERVED:

NOTES: Hollow; partly

wheel-made.NOTES:

/upside down

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

Spotted a wrong reading? Write to us or use alexis@ancientcyprus.com