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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 20, folder 1·Undated

Kourion Complex, Metal (M128–M434)

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

Scan 18 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 20, folder 1 (Kourion Complex, Metal (M128–M434)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 20, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 18 of 150

M251

Photo A-v-d AV-158

BRONZE CENTAUR

APOLLO, "ALTAR TWO"

N.E. QUARTER, 1ST STRATUM

MISSING: TOP OF HEAD, L. FOREARM,

R. HAND, BOTH FORELEGS

WAS BADLY DISEASED - SURFACE

PITTED, HOLES

H. REST c.0.15 L. c.0.140

HOLLOW BRONZE FIGURE, LARGE

VENT HOLE AT REAR. ALONG

L. HIND LEG, TAIL IN RELIEF.

BETWEEN HIND LEGS, MALE ORGANS

INDICATED, IN FRONT, HUMAN

WAIST RISING ABOVE FORELEGS, ARMS

OUTSTRETCHED & ADVANCED (PROBABLY

HELD OBJECT FORWARD). HUMAN

BEARDED HEAD

Ex. case

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

  • Bronze centaur

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