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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 4·Undated

Kourion Complex, Pottery (P2116–P2940)

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

Scan 237 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 4 (Kourion Complex, Pottery (P2116–P2940)), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 237 of 237

Incised on upper body; the 4 at left faintly (after fony?), the 5 vertical more deeply and clearly (before fony?) X X X X E X 11 -> - 11 ㅗ Oct, 1961, It. of C. Polycarpon: "As to P2940 re [Christos Gregoriou] so sure this comes from a tent with many other finds and a lot of scarabs. This tent he says was nearly on the last downs towards the sea." Note pi J Benson: "It is unmistakable from what Christos says that he thinks P2940 came from Kaloyerk (Mermenithkia) Tent. 31. The date + context are perfectly prob. + plausible..."

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

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

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Recorded

  • P2940 (number uncertain)Incised on upper body; the 4 at left faintly (after fony?), number uncertain

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