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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 23, folder 5·Undated

Ayios Ermoyenis, Metal (M)

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

Scan 117 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 23, folder 5 (Ayios Ermoyenis, Metal (M)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 23, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 117 of 122

^(METAL OBJECTS-4

G. McC II, p. 286, no. 41. Pit 62. "iron object lying on right side on near right shoulder. Removed upon filling June 20.- as no other bones found skeleton left in tomb. Probably the bronze nail with adhering wood, labelled 20-6-40 (and faint traces of "F 41" left by silver fish). Tip bent. Head either broken off or hidden by encrustation. Bent length, 0.09 m. Total L., as preserved, 0.11 m.

D. head, 0.017 m. Bronze nail, 0.062 m. long, found with pottery in bag labelled "X 64. 2.40-3.00. P.105-3W. 30-4-1940." Shaft square in section. Round head. Tip broken.

head "iron". Pit 64. 7-6-1940. Q.McC. p. 189-7. In small bag of coarse sherds. = M 890

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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Recorded (3)

  • Nail
  • Nail
  • head "iron"; in small bag of coarse sherds

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