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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 7·Undated

Kourion Complex, Lamp (L481–L630)

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

Scan 100 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 7 (Kourion Complex, Lamp (L481–L630)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 100 of 123

L 596 | Terracotta Lamp | Type XXVIII Max. dia. at least 7 cm. Handle part of discus, rim and nozzle. One piece. Clay buff. Shape ovalan. Rim concave. On one side, herringbone pattern, pointing toward handle, on other side of handle, two circks. In discus, five vertical bars joined at top and bottom. On one side, man holding sword or such like which extends into rim. Hole in base. Handle low and unpierced. Curium, Palace 2nd layer of cellar of Room 0 7 April 1949, SF. no. 9 Tales, NB. IX, p. 28. This may join L563 for similar subject, V.L. 622 [photograph] L596 Roll 10

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 596Terracotta Lamp

Also mentionedL563

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