Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 13·1939–1948

Ayios Ermoyenis, Objects

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

Scan 32 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 13 (Ayios Ermoyenis, Objects), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 32 of 69

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M 276 15.15 St Hermogenes 1940 Tr. 43, Tomb 1, # 22 no record of exact level found VG pp.8,11 gold clasp(?) a bit of thin gold sheeting rolled into a tube narrower at one end, bent outward a little at the other; ribbed round L 0.009 W at narrow end 0.002

M 277 15.34 St Hermogenes 1940 Tr.43, Tomb 1,# 25 at - 6.484 VG pp.8 (with rough sketch of object as in situ),11,29,189 silver ornament(?), fragmentary preserved are 4 frags. of pin shaft, showing some twists, and some possible but not convincing joins, plus a bowl or socket-shaped fragment with a rim rilled on top (circular) mostly turned to chloride: scraping in the inside of the bowl one uncovers a thick yellowish white deposit which immediately turns lavender in sunlight bowl-shaped frag. mended and ca. half rim missing diam. of bowl frg. 0.014 L of shaft frgs. : 0.0265 0.0175 0.015 0.0125

M 278 14.32 St Hermogenes 1940 Tr.43, Tomb 1, # 27 at -6.484 VG pp.7,9,11,24,189 bronze spatula has been cleaned; removal of corrosion has left head with very slender connection to shaft L 0.141 gtest W of blade 0.01 " T of shaft (knob near end) 0.004

M 279 14.17 St Hermogenes 1940 Tr.43,Tomb 1, # 29 at -6.469 VG pp.8,9,12,29,189 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. Bodkin? Cosmetic instrument? Brocken in the middle and glued together. Much corroded; not cleaned L 0.112 gtest W 0.012

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)

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