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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 8·Undated

Kourion Complex, Sherd (Sh 1001–1264)

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

Scan 16 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 8 (Kourion Complex, Sherd (Sh 1001–1264)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 21, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 16 of 141

Sh 1028-1030 Pre-Hellenistic "Altar Two" p. 155 Cab. Dr. 2 x/1939

Sh 1028 Frag. of Amphora Wall NE 1, NW 2: two joined frags. max. dim. 0.1015 Greenish-grey clay w. white sand. Arch II? Part of shoulder, on which broad black stripe; below three narrow black stripes.

Sh 1029 Frag. of Rim of Plate NE 1 max. dim. 0.077; diam. est. 0.26 Buff clay; dark red paint inside and out. Curving floor; sharply sloping side; broad flat rim. On rim: band of triple concentric circles Arch IV or V in black; on inner side dec. in black? part IV On floor large circle in black ?

Sh 1030 Frag. of Neck of Small Jug ? outer diam. of neck 0.019 arch-IV Whiteish clay; dark red paint. Broad shoulder, high narrow neck; flaring mouth. Narrow black band around top and bottom of neck.

Margin right: Photo. over

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)

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Recorded (3)

  • Sh 1028Frag. of Amphora Wall
  • Sh 1029Frag. of Rim of Plate
  • Sh 1030Frag. of Neck of Small Jug

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