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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 23 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 23 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 at least 7.5cm loe al diameter, imitation of type XXVII.

Two, lower part with part of rim and nozzle clay red. Nozzle protrudes. Rim plain. Shape ovular 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 Hardly cleanly pierced. Edges rounded no room for grooves Made in two parts Area Type XXVII, except for clay. Area north of Building Third layer 100 E-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

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Recorded (3)

  • L 535Lamp fragment (two fr., one rim and discus half of; two, lower part with part of rim and nozzle) · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 536Lamp fragment (handle) · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • L 537Lamp fragment (handle) · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

Also mentionedL 538

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