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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6·Undated

Kourion Complex, Mitford Cards

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

Scan 11 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6 (Kourion Complex, Mitford Cards), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 19, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 11 of 110

32 I78

I78 I78a-c

"An honorary decree wherein the Council of Kourion honours the City's Garrison Commander (?); a native of Sidon. ca 231 B.C."

I78 1. old ref. Apollo, Tr. 9, B-T, Nov. 28-30, surface soil p. 343, Pt. 60, + p. 189. 2. New ref K 3-4; S 9-10 3. New Bldg. or Area nr. Sanctuary of Apollo, Archaic Precinct, loose soil March. 23, 1937

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

Objects named on this pageKourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded

  • I78Honorary decree (inscription)

Also mentionedI78a-c

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