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

1957: Apollo terracotta objects

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

Scan 7 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 7 of 7

Male genitals, hole below tale, venthole under belly. Back of horse drawn up to form sides of rider. Rider wears knee-length trousers with groove down side; ending in slight split of trousers at edge; barelegged as far as preserved. B: max. dim. 0.125. Right forearm and hand, solid, with dowel to set in hollow arm, fingers curled as if grasping something. C: max. dim. 0.108, and D, max.dim. 0.086, two joining frags. of tops of shoulders with hole and join for hollow head. Around this, edge of garment shown. E: max. dim. 0.120. Shoulder frag. with join for upper arm ? F: max. dim. 0.137. Frag. of side of rider, with edge of short cloak,edge projecting in large stiff flying fold; below this groove as on trousers showing where slit tunic at sides. G: max. dim. 0.117. Uncertain frag. with join for hollow member. H: max. dim. 0.067 (from Doric Portico, see over). R. hind hoof found after making up A. I: max. dim. 0.071. Left hand as right, showing traces where grasped rein. J: max. dim. 0.119, joined from two frags. Uncertain frag. probably of rider, with added strip of clay ending in what appears to be clasp for tying cloak or drapery. K: max. dim. 0.054. Frag. semi-circular in section with raised surface marked with deep wide herringbone grooves, probably either hair or beard of rider.

Stamp: INNER FRAME FOR RESTORATION McF Film 93 no 23

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

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