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Report·PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 12·1938–1980

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

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

Scan 25 of report PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 12 (Bamboula “A Tomb of the Early Classical Period” Benson (photos)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 3, folder 12, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 25 of 31

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male and two female, with ages 58 and 56 specified for two, and 23(?) for a third. It is tempting to postulate a contagious disease which carried off sons and daughters (or daughters-in-law) at one fell swoop.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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