Report·PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 17·c. 1955

Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (1 of 2)De C. Fales (probably)

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

Scan 96 of report PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 17 (Kourion Complex Palace (Mosaics) Fales, c. 1955 (1 of 2)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 17, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 96 of 97

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καὶ τυφλοὶ ἀνομάζαντο, διεβλέποντο δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς λεαίνης, ἡ τοιαύτη ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἕως τῆς τριημέρου ταφῆς. ὅτε δὲ ἡλθεν ὁ ἀρχων λέων, τοιαύτη ὁ ζῶν Λόγος, ἐνεφύσησεν εἰς αὐτοὺς ἅγιον, καὶ ἐζωοποίησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἠγείρε πάντας ἐκ τοῦ Αἵδου. [handwritten: 649]

Koimātai en tō phōtei autou, kai tē tritē hēmera egeiretai ek tou ophyou, kai ēggus ēggys hōres ekalhōn ēgeirāsin ἐ manōan kai ēkelhōn... [handwritten: illegible] ...

This is ✗ ✗ almost the same meaning we have ascribed to the

KTIOS

in our building-that we are baptized unto the death and resurrection of Christ. [handwritten: 650] In the sixth and last panel, is a panther. Of him, the Physiologos relates: [handwritten: Οὕτω καὶ]

Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς τὴν τρίτην ἡμέραν ἀνέστη ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἐδόξε ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀκτὼ τῷ κόσμῳ ὀσμῆς τε ὁράτος καὶ ἀοράτος καὶ πᾶσα εὐωδία ἐγένετο ἡμῖν, τοῖς μακαρ καὶ τοῦ ἐγγὺς, καὶ εἰρήνη, ὡς εἶπεν ὁ Ἀπόστολος. [handwritten: 651]

This is the Σωτηρία of the bath at Narlidja, accompanied by the fragrance of Ἀπόλαυσις and spread through the world as possibly indicated by the four crosses in the southernmost panel of room (49) [handwritten: 652] and implied by Κτίσις, creation. As the six out of the nine panels can be interpreted to have a religious significance, it is probable that the other three, if in tact, would not contradict the interpretation of … continues

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

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