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 71 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 71 of 85

418 / 413 / 413168. Limestone St. 210: Horseman Soft lime H. pres. 0, illegible NE 1, with two fragments from elsewhere - one from the final cleanup on the surface, the other SE 1. Assembled from 7 pieces. Missing: rider from thighs up, head of horse, forelegs of horse. On heavy oblong basis, to w which are joined four feet, long straight tail (engraved with curling lines) and heavy stele in center to hold weight. The saddle cloth hangs low with scalloped edge. Neither body too broken & missing for description.

St. 211: Horseman. Soft lime H. 0, 361 Assembled from 5 frag.s W NW 1 & 2. Missing: horses head, all forelegs, and tail. Reins, driver's forearm & feet Saddle cloth square, unscallopped, square borders. Shawl in 3 folds hangs down each side of chest to waist and circles back of shoulders. Hair in even ties, falling low behind, tied with heavy band. Face in archaic style. Reins track on back of horse.

St. 212: Horseman. Coarse hard lime H 0, 133 Single piece, NE 1? Missing head of rider, part of horses head & l. f. leg. Saddle cloth plain square, single rein on each side. All on base with stele, feet & tail touching. Type same as 210. Very crude.

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169. St. 213: Horseman. Chalky soft lime H. pres. 0, 073 a. Assembled from 2 pieces, NE & SE 1. Missing: rider's head, base, legs, tail, stele, pompom of horse. Scallopped saddle cloth, horses head turned distinctly down. Type as 211 b: Part of base with r. h. foot of horse and end of tail. No join but same size & stone. St. 214: Chariot Group. H. pres: 0, 256 Fine soft lime. Assembled from 6 fragments, from NE 1 and around the altar in final cleanup. Chariot, open behind, has side profile, and invisible partition separating owner and rider. The wheels were attached (the present r. wheel appears to belong). The driver, (drawing) (who lacks head & r. arm), holds the side of the chariot with his in l. hand. His chiton round low pointed neck, is roughly indicated by grooves. The owner, whose shape is indicated tho r. arm, is missing, above the waste. The spur of the wagon on either side (at r. part missing) extends out between the outer horses and his [illegible] trace of horses on either side and attaches to the continuous yoke. The horses are all the same, little work except on the heads to show bridles (heads more or less backed &) The forelegs (all missing) were made all separately and joined the base; the hind legs are represented by a solid placque on which the outer legs of the outer 2 horses are

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

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