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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 4 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 4 of 150

Sh 1272 - 1273

TR. 4 EXT., FALLEN FILL

1272. EAST 16-END 1273 - EAST 0-5

1272 : R.G. RIM-FRAG. LATE ROMAN A

DULL REDDISH CLAY, SLIGHT SLIP OF SAME COLOR, POLISHED.

SWOLLEN INTURNED RIM

1273 : COARSE RIM-FRAG., "PIE-CRUST" STYLE

CLAY SANDY, CREAM-COLORED, WITH VERY LARGE

TEMPERING - FRAGMENTS OF SHARP, RED & BLACK, STONE

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 (2)

  • Sh 1272Rim fragment
  • Sh 1273Coarse rim fragment

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