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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 6·Undated

Kourion Complex, Lamp (L308–L480)

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

Scan 114 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 6 (Kourion Complex, Lamp (L308–L480)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 6, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 114 of 121

L 475 Terracotta Lamp Type XXVIII Max. dia. 7cm., H. 2.3cm. Preserved handle much of discus and rim, some of side little of bottom and nozzle. Clay light brown. No glaze on slip. Shape circular. Rim set off from discus by two rows of dots along upper edge of discus. Rim large rough loose herring-bone pattern pointing toward handle. Discus volutes surmounted floral design. Two holes. Handle unpierced, high and at base, thick. On reverse, EPM, Reverse, concave. ANC PTO

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Roll 6 For name v. L 412, 413 For discus v. L 478, 9

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

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Recorded

  • L 475Terracotta Lamp Type XXVIII · probably Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

Also mentionedL 412, L 413, L 478, L 479

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