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[May 2, 1915]. English Translation.
- Record -
ROYAL ISPECTOR
TO THE
MOUMETS AD EXCAVATIOS
OF THE
DISTRICT OF CROTO
SUBJECT
Inventory of items recovered from the sea.
The year 1915, the day of May 2 nd , have met in Croton Messrs: Forcellini Eng.
Annibale, contractor for the harbor’s building works: Lucifero Marquis Armando, Royal
Inspector to the monuments and excavations: Pugliese Giuseppe, representative of Mr.
Deputy Prefect Knight Zinno Vincenzo: Lucente Prof. Raffaele, member of the
Supervision Committee for the Civic Museum: Ruffini Filiberto, harbor officer and
representative of the Maritime Administration.
Mr. Forcellini declares that the day of April 30 th , while the pontoon Ione was extracting
rocky material in the little bay of Punta Scifo, he discovered and raised to the surface some
worked marble items that will be listed in these pages, and that after a first examination he
realized was archaeological material. Following that, he filed a regular report to the
competent authorities.
The other participants in this meeting have taken note of the aforementioned report,
and have proceeded to verify these same items, complying with the law of 20 June 1909, n.
364.
The aforementioned material, currently deposited on the outer dock of the new harbor,
and in the yard of the Forcellini Company, is divided this way:
In the yard:
291
1. 1 Pedestal, square in section, with lions’ paws.
2.1 Small pedestal, circular in section, fragmentary, bearing on the lower portion the mark
“ΕΛ.”
3. 1 Shapeless item due to the erosion, square in section
4. 3 Pedestals, square in section, with lions’ paws and torus circular in section, like a
frustum of a cone.
5. 1 Marble slab, poorly preserved
6. 2 Column stumps, heavily eroded
7. 1 Labrum, with rims eroded or broken and base perfectly preserved, lightly chipped at
the lower edge.
On the dock: