Bamboula “A Tomb of the Early Classical Period” Benson (photos)

Continued from scan 12

… short, slightly sloping shoulder with angular transition to body which has double-curved profile and conical base. Two vertical handles, thick, rough and with an oblique twist, placed just below shoulders. Clay orange-buff throughout. Heavy fabric with a powdery consistency. Ht. 52 cm. D. 25.8 cm.

2. (P 1734) Plain White V trefoil jug. Plate 000. Complete, intact. Small, erect trefoil rim. Short convex neck. Ovoid body. Disc base slightly set off from body. Rectangular handle from shoulder to rim. Clay reddish buff with large white pocks and fine sand. Ht. 16.7 cm. D. 12.2 cm.

3. (P 1735) White Painted V or VI round-mouthed jug. Plate 000. Complete, intact. Rim: cup-shaped interior with squarish, undercut, overhanging exterior. Short narrow neck widening downward to squat, ovoid body. Ring base. Vertical handle from shoulder looped up over rim and attached to rim. Clay pinkish buff, full of grits and pocks. Dark red-brown matt paint inside rim, on handle around base of neck and at widest part of body; carelessly applied with a number of splatters and drip-marks. A sizeable chip in the handle covered with original paint proves the vase was first fired before painting. Ht. 16 cm. D. 13.7 cm.

4. (P 1736) Plain White V or VI storage jar. Plate 000. Rim chipped away, one handle and large piece of lower body missing; mended from sherds. Shape and clay as No.1. Ht. 46 cm. D. 24.8 cm.

5. (P 1737) Plain White V or VI storage jar. Plate 000. Piece missing from wall; mended from fragments. Shape and clay as No.1. Ht. 52 cm. D. 28 cm.

6. (P 1738) Plain White V trefoil jug. Plate 000. Complete, intact. Small, erect trefoil rim on narrow neck widening downward to an almost spherical body. Ring base. Figure 7 handle to rim. Clay dull brownish buff with large white grits. Ht. 15 cm. D. 10.5 cm.

7. (P 1714) Plain White V trefoil jug. Plate 000; Fig.7. Complete except for piece from rim and abrasions of lip. Trefoil rim; convex neck. Ovoid body. Ring base. Figure 7 handle to rim, looped slightly higher than rim. Reddish coarse clay with white grits fired grayish-green to pink at surface. Ht. 19.4 cm. D. 13.1 cm.

8. (P 1715) Plain White V trefoil jug. Plate 000. Complete except for chip from rim. Trefoil rim on narrow neck merging without articulation into rather heavy ovoid body. Plain flat base. Rectangular handle to rim. Coarse,light,buff clay with white grits fired greenish-gray with pinkish spots. Ht. 20.2 cm. D. 13.2 cm.

9. (P 1716) Coarse ware trefoil jug. Plate 000. Complete, intact. Small, pinched-in trefoil rim on conical, narrow neck merging without articulation into sacky, biconical body. Ring base. Coarse, dull, reddish-brown clay with black and white grits. Ht. 20.3 cm. D. 13.4 cm.