Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 4·Undated

Kourion Complex, Stone (St 305–St 615)

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

Scan 20 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 4 (Kourion Complex, Stone (St 305–St 615)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 22, folder 4, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 20 of 150

ST 351 | FRAG. OF LIMESTONE STATVETTE STADIUM, TRENCH 7 W. EXT. IN EARTH FALLEN IN WHERE EUTH. BLOCKS WERE REMOVED, JUST ON LINE OF EUTH. 2.20 M W OF LAST PRESERVED BLOCK. 24. XI. 47 | NOTEBOOK P. 160 SOFT LIMESTONE; THE ROUGH SURFACE WAS GIVEN A THIN COATING OF FINE STUCCO, PRESUANDAY TO TAKE PAINT (NOW GONE) MAX. DIM. OBJECT: 0.088 " HAND: 0.091 R. HAND OF A FIGURE, C. 1/3 LIFE SIZE. BROKEN OFF AT WRIST. FINGERNAILS ROUGHLY SHOWN. THE HAND WAS IN SOME WAY RAISED, PROBABLY FORWARD, & CRUTCHES TIGHTLY AN OBJECT, CYLINDRICAL [stamp: FLOOR] SHAPE, & BROKEN AT EITHER END. TO LITTLE REMAINS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT MOST LIKELY A "TEMPLE-BOY" WITH A GOOSE, HELD BY THE NECK. OTHER POSSIBILITIES: HERAKLES HOLDING PAW OF LION'S SKIN; VOTARY WITH BIRD OR SACK; OPAON WITH LAGOBOLOS.

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

  • ST 351Statuette fragment (R. hand of a figure)

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