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Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9·December 1948

Kourion Complex, Palace (Baths) Objects Dec. 1948

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

Scan 22 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9 (Kourion Complex, Palace (Baths) Objects Dec. 1948), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 22 of 64

L 535 Two. fr. One Rim and discus half of. Clay coarse light brown with particles of foreign matter (Paphos clay?). On rim, branch pattern large. Ridge, Plain discus, hole in center. Nozzle does not seem to be in center of protrusion for it. Shape circular, large or leath 7.5 cm diameter, imitation of type XXVII. Two, lower part with part of rim and nozzle clay red. Nozzle protrudes. Rim Plain. Shape circular XXVIII, Room E 6 Nov. 1948

L 536 Fr. Handle. Handle pierced cleanly in two sections, neither with grooves Clay light brown Type XXVII Room M along south wall. 8 Nov. 1948 Small find no. 3

L 537 Fr. Handle clay red Handle cleanly pierced. Edges rounded no room for grooves Made in two parts horea Type XXVII. except for clay. Cister north of Building street layer [illegible] east of wall. 11.11.48 Small find no. 9 Room E probably surface 11.11.48 Small find no. 9

L 538

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)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded (3)

  • L 535 (number uncertain)Lamp fragment (two fragments; one rim and discus half, one lower part with rim and nozzle)number uncertain
  • L 536Lamp handle fragment
  • L 537Lamp handle fragment

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