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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 8·Undated

Kourion Complex, Lamp (L631–L780)

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

Scan 23 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 8 (Kourion Complex, Lamp (L631–L780)), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 18, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 23 of 103

L 670 | Terracotta lamp | Type XXVIII Max. dia. at least 8.6cm., H., 2.9cm | 4 pieces, Part of reverse, side and discus preserved. Clay light brown with holes and foreign particles. Eroded. Shape somewhat ovals. On rim, probably incised panel. Incised tendrils. Reverse concave.

Photograph

Roll 22

Curium, Palace 5th layer of South cistern 12 April 1939. SF. no. 76 13 Fales, NB. IV, p. 46.

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 670Terracotta lamp

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