Bamboula, Area A Strats A–G

AREA A STRATUM D HOUSE A.IV

D(1) Three stages were noted in the deposit of stratum D in house A.IV.3. This antedates the general use of the house in the L.C.III period. The sherds in this material were:

75% plain [handwritten: 24 PWM II] 4 sherds L.C.III painted [handwritten: bowl ware] 3 " White Slip II 4 " Base Ring 5 " Wash ware 9 " Red Polished, etc. 26 decorated sherds

1 sherd light Neolithic

D(2) The accumulation over the floors and the vases on the accumulation, as well as in the pits. This material dates from the use of the house, much of it late in that period. The following vases were found:

L.C.III Painted 1 bowl with flat bottom and straight flaring sides (P758) 1 curved bowl (P805)

L.C.III Plain ware: 1 jug, hand-made (JFD, V, p. 44, no. 2) (P841) [handwritten: (P 789) PWM II] 1 jug with handle to neck (P789) 2 amphoroid kraters (P768, 809) 1 shoulder-amphora (P775) 2 belly-amphorae (P812, 813) 2 pithoi (P769, 771) 1 lamp (P786)

The following sherds were found in addition to the above vases:

85% plain [handwritten: most PWM II] [handwritten: Sh 719] 14 sherds L.C.III painted (Sh464) [handwritten: at least 8 bowl ware] [handwritten: cf Sh67] 1 " Bucchero, hand-made 3 " L.H.III B [handwritten: 2 missing] 12 " White Slip [handwritten: 11 WS II; 1 WS I] 7 " Base Ring 8 " Wash ware 1 " Brown burnished 10 " Red Polished, etc. (Sh274) 56 decorated sherds

D(3) The following sherds were found in the debris of the walls:

85% plain [handwritten: predominantly PWM II] [handwritten: L.C.III ?bowl] 82 sherds L.C.III painted (Sh252, 276, 280) [handwritten: P2834] [handwritten: 64 L.C.III Dec. 4 PW] [handwritten: M26] [handwritten: M64] 2 " Bucchero, wheel-made 6 " Bucchero, hand-made 18 " L.H.III (Sh73, 254, 269, 270, 273, 283) [handwritten: DA:2/B] [handwritten: 6 Lev Mac + 3 DA:2 (in all)] 2 " Foreign, dark on light 1 " Foreign, light on dark (Sh281) [handwritten: Wash] 2 " Foreign, red slip (Sh284) 1 " "R.L.III"