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 45 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 45 of 64

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 partia 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 etc edge, there is differentiation on surface of marble on the surface with lines. Not only are there lines on this six 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 401roughly triangular in shape, back and front smooth. Probably · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • A 402both surfaces smooth. Roughly triangular in shape. All sides
  • A 403bottom and upper surfaces smooth. Cement on back. Two sides · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

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