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

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strokes. Matt black paint; rings below trefoil rim and one at base of neck. Paint on sides of handles. Two groups of three horizontal bars on back of handle. On each side at center: a small "bull's eye" pattern enlivened by two circles in white matt paint. Near shoulder concentric circles within large concentric rings. Around the shoulder horizontally a wide band of concentric rings. On front: (lower) "bull's eye" pattern and three pendant groups of concentric circles; (upper) two vertical rows of three groups of concentric circles. Back: three pendant groups of concentric circles. Present height, 18 cm. D. 20.8 cm.

28. (M 1047) Silver and copper ring. Plate 000. Complete except for gem. Somewhat diseased; mended. Plain ring with grooved bezel. Bezel is .4 cm. thick, wider at top than at bottom. Greatest diameter, 2.3 cm. Mr. A.E.Parkinson, chemist of the University Museum, reports that the bezel is pure or nearly pure silver, whereas the ring itself is an alloy of copper and silver.

29. (L 319) Plain White trefoil lamp. Plate 000. Complete except for end of spout. Like No.13. Fired rather reddish. Present length 10.5 cm. W. 10 cm. Ht. 3.6 cm.

30. (P 1732) Plain White V or VI squat juglet. Plate CCO. Complete except for tiny hole in shoulder; mended. Plain, flaring rim; up-tapering neck; biconical, sack-shaped body. Small, plain base. Figure 7 handle to rim. Coil ridges visible. Clay grayish-buff, fired pink in one spot. Ht. 11.5 cm. D. 6.8 cm. Under Skull VI. (Not on plan).

31. (P 1726) Plain White V or VI storage jar. Not illustrated and not on plan. Only rim and a few fragments of shoulder and body preserved. Like No.1 but rim more ring-like and prominent. D. of rim 11 cm.

Storage Jars: (a) 1,4,8,21-23,31

The multiple occurrence of this type in one tomb is unusual in Cyprus or elsewhere (see below). These jars considerably swell the number of published examples of the type, which is now attested at Bamboula,in the southwest, at Marion (Tombs 20, 35, 62, 72, 82) and at Voumi (Tombs 1, 2, 6 11) in the northwest, and at Aphendrika (Tomb 58) in the northeast of the island. The home of this type of jar is to be sought in Palestine. 4 A … continues