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 44 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 44 of 64

A 400 A 401. Marble whitish, roughly triangular in shape 1.8 cm thick, (9 cm, 18 cm, 19 cm) back and front smooth. Sides 18 cm, 19 cm long broken, 9 cm probably broken but possibly rough hewn. Design roughly worked, spiral. Room N, NE corner, in white plaster, 11 November, 1948 Small find no. 8

A 402. Marble grayish, 1.8 cm thick, both surfaces sides smooth. Roughly triangular in shape 13.5 cm x 13.5 x 12.5 All sides broken. Engraved lines, some deeper than others, no pattern apparent. Surface Room K, 28 October 1948. Small fragment no. 10

A 403 Marble grayish, 1.5 cm thick. Bottom and upper surfaces smooth. Roughly rectangular 8 x 5.5 cm Cement on back. Two sides broken. Of the other two, one appears to be better rounded of which a small portion has been worn away, the other appears to be cut straight. About 1.5 cm from top of rounded the edge, there is differentiation on surface of marble on the surface with lines. Not only are there lines on this one on the upper surface, but there are spaces which have been carved out. Room N, first layer, 3 November 1948, Small find no. 4

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)

  • A 401Marble whitish, roughly triangular in shape, back and front · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • A 402Marble grayish, both surfaces smooth. Roughly triangular in
  • A 403Marble grayish. Bottom and upper surfaces smooth. Roughly re · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

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