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 62 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 62 of 64

A 425 Sand stone. Small piece similar to A420 Fundort?

A 426 Sand stone. Spir Double spiral, maximum width 4.5 cm. Maximum outside diameter 6 cm Maximum width of spiral 1 cm, on side side with eye of spiral. On other side, each spiral varies between diminishes from 1.5 cm to 1 cm. On base of spirals, hole just about below depression which separates them .4 cm 2 cm deep base then bifurcates: one branch 0 cm wide; other, 2.5 cm. In 2.5 cm wide one, drilled through .4 cm wide. Fundort? 3.11.48 no. 11?

A 427 White marble. 1.9 cm thick, roughly rectangular 16.5 x 4.7 cm. Three sides broken, other side bevelled. Groove about .8 cm wide whose lowest edge is about 2 cm from bevelled edge. This groove not continuous makes right angle turn. About 4 cm from this, another similar corner of grooved lines peralled. Room N first or second layer 3 Nov. 1948 Small find no. 9

A 428 Marble white moulding, upper side smooth. Rounded off roughly in back. On front, groove then round hollow. Room E next to F. + C. second layer. 26 Oct. 48 Small find no. 8.

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

Objects named on this pageKourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

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Recorded (4)

  • A 425Small piece
  • A 426Double spiral
  • A 427White marble. 1.9 cm thick, roughly rectangular 16.5 x 4.7 c
  • A 428Moulding

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