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 118 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 118 of 121

L 478 Terracotta lamp, Type xxviii Max. dia. 6.9 cm H 2.5 cm. 2 pieces Missing part of nozzle, discus and side + handle. no slip. Clay brown to gray. In places, very thin. No glaze Shape circular. Rim separated from discus by ridge with row of depressed dots on top. Loose large herring on rim pointing toward handle. Inner row of which becomes smaller toward nozzle. Around top of discus, herring bone pattern, clockclock-wise. In discus, volutes surmounted by floral design. * Handle unpierced. No base ring. Reverse hollow. * Discus, two holes. P. T. O.

[photograph] [photograph] Roll 6

For descrn v. L 475, 2479

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 478Terracotta lamp, Type xxviii · probably Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

Also mentionedL 475, L 2479

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