Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5·June 1934–December 1935

B. H. Hill, I Site levels June 1934–Dec. 1935Bert Hodge Hill

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

Scan 6 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5 (B. H. Hill, I Site levels June 1934–Dec. 1935), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 8Scan 6 of 87

Right-aligned: 1934

Inscription seen at Hassan's 1 June Left side broken; back very rough.

Right-aligned: letters .024 high

Right-aligned: other letters 015-.017.

ἀγαθῆι ΤΥΧΗΙ Ἔδοξεν τῶι κολλεγίωι τῶν ἀπὸ Γυμνασίου

ἐπαινέσαι τε τὸν ΠροM. suggests -ν] ἐφήβων πρώ- wh. seems rather doubtful.ιτου
-εδρον αὐτῶν Ἑλλόφιλον καὶ στεφανῶσα
ι αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ Ἀσκληπιάδην
καὶὈνησικλῆν τῶι τῆς ἀρετῆς
χρυσῶι στεφάνωι Αὐτοῦ δὲ ἙλλοφίλουM: ἀξίωι στεφ.
ἀναστῆσαι ἀνδριάντα χαλκῶν ἐν τῶιH' ἀναθεῖναι (πἀναστῆσαι better probably)
ἐπισημοτάτωι τοῦ Γυμνασίου τόπωι
ἀναθεῖναι καὶ εἰκόνα γραπτὴν ἐνM. ὁμοίως δὲ
πλαισίωιἐπιχρύσωι καὶ τὰ δεδογμέναM. ἀσπιδίωι
γράψαντας εἰς στήλην ἀναθεῖναιM. ταῦτ' ἀναγρ-
παρὰ τῶιἀνδριάντι ὅπως ἡ τ' ἀνδρὸς ἀρετήM. πρὸς τῶι ἀνδ.
φανερὰἅπασιν καθεστήκηιM.
Inc. said by Hassan to have been found in CuriumM = Mitford. His study was made from a photograph
west of the Basilica.of the tracing which he had from Cyprus
Transcribed from tracing made byMuseum in 1948. It had been there
a Turkish schoolmaster lent me for overnightprobably from 1933/4 or before, when apparently
by Hassan. A photograph of this tracingthe ins. was offered for sale. M. did not learn whether
found in Cyprus Museum & given to Prof. Mitfordthe tracing came to the Museum and was photographed
in 1948. Inscription said by Hassan to havethere or the photo only was sent to the Museum.
been returned by finder-owner & by him buried at someplace unknown.

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

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