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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 40 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 40 of 141

Sh 1080-1082 Coarse Unpted ware "Altar Two" Cas. Dr. 2 x/1939 p.159

Sh 1080 Base Frag. NE 1 est diam. 0.14 Greyish-puffy clay; self-slip ? High straight ring-base; within base, floor flat; wall flares outward from ring. Within fine wheel-marks.

Sh 1081 Base Frag. ? Diam. est. 0.10 Tan clay, white sand. Low ring-base; sloping outward. Floor and wall form continuous slight curve; within wheel-ridges ca. 0.015 apart.

Sh 1082 Base with part of wall SW 2 diam. 0.047 Light red clay, white sand and mica; fired grey without, red to black within. Plain low ring-base; wall and floor form continuous curve.

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 1080Base Frag.
  • Sh 1081Base Frag.
  • Sh 1082Base with part of wall

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