Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9·December 1948

Kourion Complex, Palace (Baths) Objects Dec. 1948

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

Scan 3 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9 (Kourion Complex, Palace (Baths) Objects Dec. 1948), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 3 of 64

St. X 605, Marble, white about 3.8 cm thick. Corner piece, point of corner blown off. One side straight 6cm; other side, rounded, 4 cm preserved. Both surfaces rounded smooth. Under surface a concave then convex surface, followed by straight surface .5cm, but this only along at side with straight edge; side with rounded edge very slightly concave. Edge where meet undersurfaces of moulding rounded off and slightly concave along rounded edge. Upper surface corners all rounded, particularly on rounded side. About 1 cm from outer edge upper surface, a groove .2 cm deep, .3 cm wide, about 2 1 cm from outer edge of this groove, along the side with straightedge there is a concave moulding; and about 3.5cm 3cm from same point, this concave moulding terminates in a surface poor at about 135°. Found surface Room N in Northern Part. 4 November 1948, small find no. 2

St. 606 Marble, creamy but with large grains. greatest dimensions 7.5 cm, 5 cm. 5.6 cm. Lower part of torso left knee of statuette, with back part of thigh, preserved.

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

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Recorded (2)

  • St. 605Corner piece
  • St. 606 (number uncertain)Statuette fragmentnumber uncertain

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