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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 47 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 47 of 121

L 409 | Terracotta lamp | Type xxviii Max. Dia. 7.5cm | H. 2.6cm. Broken when found, missing greatest part of discus and rim, nozzle and front part of lamp. olds \joined now with two other pieces/. Clay reddish to brown with creamy slip. Circular shape. Rim separated from discus by slight ridge. Rim decorated by herring bone pattern, pointed toward handle. Handle unpierced. Base-ring marked by depressed circle. Reverse concave. Joins L 418 Curium, Palace lower-lowest fill in cistern E. end of Room W 2 April 1949, SF. no. 29 Falas NB. III, p. 142

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

  • L 409Terracotta lamp

Also mentionedL 418

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