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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 14 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 14 of 122

M 279 63-1-45

silver pin (?)

The object is pointed but broadens toward the other end where a handle with grip for thumb and forefinger is marked off by further widenings of the shaft. Bent slightly toward the side which seems to have been uppermost in the tomb; on this side possible trace of wood or bone. Shaped like miniature sword, Bodkin? Cosmetic instrument?

Broken in the middle and glued together. Much corroded; not cleaned

L O.112 gtest W 0.012

St Hermogenes 1940 Tr.43, Tomb 1, #29 at -6.469 VG pp.8,9,12,29,189

Photograph

A Film vg 14 1:5

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

Objects named on this pageAyios Ermoyenis (St Hermogenes)

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.

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