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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 1·Undated

Kourion Complex, Sherds (Sh 1268–Sh 1650)

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

Scan 2 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 1 (Kourion Complex, Sherds (Sh 1268–Sh 1650)), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 1, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 150

Sh 1268 - 1271 VARIOUS TEXT, O-GE, 1

1268: LARGE BOWL. BROAD FLAT OUT-TURNED RIM, SLIGHT FLAT RING-FOOT FLUSH WITH EDGE. CLAY AS SANDY LOCAL TAN, WITH OCCASIONAL MINUTE BITS OF CRUSHED TILE TEMPER. TWO NON-JOINING FRAGMENTS.

1269: FOOT OF R-G. CUP OR PLATE. SIMPLE RING FOOT, SPREADING WALLS. CLAY SALMON-PINK, "GLAZE" VERY THIN, UNEVEN, TERRA-COTTA COLOR, IN & OUT.

1270: WALL FRAG, R-G. CLAY PINKISH BUFF, MICACEOUS. "GLAZE" LIGHT BURNT ORANGE, OUTSIDE ONLY

1271: R.G. WALL CHIP. CLAY AS LAST, BUT NOT MICACEOUS. "GLAZE" VERY THIN, SIENA VARNISH, IN & OUT.

Margin right: ONLY SLIGHTLY

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)

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 (4)

  • Sh 1268Large bowl
  • Sh 1269Foot of R-G cup or plate
  • Sh 1270Wall fragment, R-G
  • Sh 1271R.G. wall chip

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