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Ross's statement would suggest that he saw more than the two widely separated fragments now on the bluff of Curium - if indeed, he did see either of these. What, then, has become of the columns which were at the site a century ago? One should perhaps first of all point out that from Ross's vague report it is not necessary to assume that there were actually very many - or any - complete columns lying about. He may have seen only some fragments. Fortunately, it is possible to point to several fragments of spirally fluted columns in the nearby village of Episkopi, Limassol. There can really be no doubt that these fragments were carried off by villagers sometime after the visit of Ross and before the scientific excavation of the theater. One drum, E (fig.3 Pl. ) is in the very courtyard of Curium House, residence of the late G.H.McFadden and formerly headquarters of the Curium Expedition. This piece lay there when the site of the house was still an open field. The above-mentioned foreman, Christos Grigoriou, tells me of a tradition, which he heard [handwritten: from] from a Turkish patriarch in the village, that the drum was brought there from the theater about sixty years ago. If this is so, then it was probably intended for use in a house which for some reason was never constructed. The story gains greatly in credence from the fact that a large fragment, F (fig.4 Pl. ), which is apparently identical with the orchestra column, is actually in use as a pillar supporting the porch of a Turkish house in the village. Finally, there is a small fragment, G (fig.5 Pl. ), lying at the southwest corner of the Church of Ayios Ermoyenis. This church is on the coastal plain below the acropolis of Curium. The material and dimensions of E, F and G tally very closely with those of D, in the theater, as can be seen in the table below. A drawing of the capitals of D and F (fig.6 Pl. ) shows their identical cut. A thorough canvass of the entire neighborhood might produce additional examples of the sort presented above.
Handwritten marginalia: line cut / in Text
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain