Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 9·1938 and 1947

J. H. Young, Apollo, Altar II Apotheke Record (Ayia Anna) 1938, 1947John Howard Young

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

Scan 70 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 9 (J. H. Young, Apollo, Altar II Apotheke Record (Ayia Anna) 1938, 1947), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 10, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 70 of 85

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St. 203: Left arm & hand Tot. l. pres. 0,168 2 joined frags from NW1 Elbow to wrist 0,119. In diam break 0,045 0,043 White marble, quite "rusted" above. The hand was dowelled, a little above the wrist, to the arm, on a flat surface, with lead dowel (now removed, as new dowel inserted: the old dowel is box with arm). At the top, broken surface and lead dowel on inside. The arm is bent at [L] at the elbow, the hand clenched over something.

St. 204: Left arm? Tot. length 0,27 NW1 Greatest diam top joint: 0,066 Gr. diam bot joint: 0,045 dull, slightly micaceous, fine grained marble, somewhat rusted. At base and top cut flatly ff, as joints. At hand joint, dowel in center of surface, at top dowel hole with iron(?) dowel intact on inner side of arm at top edge. From life-sized figure. Very smooth, no detail. Arm bent at elbow (drawing)

St 205: Leg? Tot. length 0,20 NW 2 Greatest diam top join 0,066 bot join: 0,053 White, micaceous, crystalline marble, At upper join large dowel hole in center, which is bored into from the side by smaller hole, which caused break. Part of original flat joining surface remains. At botton join, broken off on slant, none of original joining surface remains, two dowel holes, large and smaller, converge 8. The leg bends at knee (drawing)

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St 206: Right (?) Hand. 0,121 Tot. pres. l: 0,051? Greyish-white. Greatest diam at break: 0,121 Micaceous, crystalline as 205, but grey-blue. The hand and wrist as far as original join surface are preserved. In join surface iron dowel in original dowel-hole. Hand bends at wrist so (drawing) and is apparently held palm upward, perhaps bearing something. 3 fingers and a thumb (so made) are shown as clenched, only at the terminus of the hand-the thumb seems doubled in.

St. 207: Left calf of leg. Tot. pres.l: 0,079 ? Greatest diam top break : 0,036 Bot break: 0,027 Fine-grained marty marble. - white. Tot. 2: broken off at knee, flatish surface (original?) 0,137 Bottom ends in original join surface at foot with deep dowel hole. Correctly modelled.

St 208: Upper arm? Tot. pres L: 0,061 NE1 Gr. diam upper break 0,028 Gr diam lower. b. 0,024 Soapy, crystalline marble-white, unrusted. At upper break hollow (arm-pit?) modelled, and beginning of curve preserved.

St. 209: Head. Granular, rust, marble/H. pres. 0.103/ W. 0,077 SW1. Tipped slightly L. Entire face except R. cheek rotted off. Hair done up by band but falls in braid behind.

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

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