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Printed: Museum of Art and Archaeology
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May 25, 1976Dr. Froehlich Rainey, Director The University Museum University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. 19174
Dear Fro:
I have just returned from two weeks in New York on Museum business and find your letter of May 11 - my apologies for the delay in replying. While I was somewhat surprised by the content of your letter, I was pleased to get some sign of interest on the part of the University Museum, the first I have had in at least twenty years.
I can only say that I wish this had come five years ago and then I could stopped thinking and worrying about Bamboula. It is odd to have your request come just when I am preparing to retire and will, as a result, have time to get back to old obligations. The coming year is my last and I plan to be in Jerusalem for the year 1967-68. All of the material which I have on Bamboula is in Jerusalem, where I last worked on it.
I might say that the record is not as bad as it looks. I worked very hard on the architecture and went as far as I could with it without having the necessary stratigraphic information. Only much later was JackBenson asked to work on the pottery, which he has now published. I have never received a copy of his Bamboula publication - his guilt feelings probably prevented him from sending it, though he has sent me everything else he published. Neither did I receive the Kaloriziki tombs report. I waited many years until when it was available and when it was, I was too involved to get back to the Bamboula houses.
If I were to send you everything which was sent to me from the University Museum, as you request, I doubt very much that another person could take up the task and bring it to a successful completion. Too much of what I know about the architecture depends on the time I spent there with the remains, and that cannot be done again, I'm afraid. Nevertheless, I would try to impart what I could to a successor, though that might take more time than finishing up the job, which is now possible.
Handwritten: Roger Edwards
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