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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 69 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 69 of 103

Roll 12

L 729-30-1 L 729 Terracotta lamps Type XXVIII L 729 [photograph] Max.dia, at least .8cm, H. at least, 2.5cm 4 pieces. Part of nozzle, side, and reverse preserved. Clay brown. Ovular in shape. Reverse slightly concave with traces of depressed letters. L 730 [photograph] Part, Hand and part of rim. Clay light brown. Trace of design on rim. Trace of design in discus, probably rosette. Handle unpierced. L 731 [photograph] Handle, clay brown. Unpierced. Curium, Palace Third layer in entrance to cellar of Room O 30 April 1949, SF. no. 17 Fakes, NB. IV, p. 124

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 (3)

  • L 729Terracotta lamp
  • L 730Terracotta lamp
  • L 731Terracotta lamp handle

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