Field notes·PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 19·1934–1954

Bamboula, Area E–F

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

Scan 20 of field notes PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 19 (Bamboula, Area E–F), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 19, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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(a) A pit, possibly a cutting for a pithos, held the following:

60% plain 2 sherds Wash 1 " Monochrome 3 " WS II 1 " Black-on-Red (intrusive?)

(b) A heavy stone foundation (presumably a basin) lying in a deep cutting in bedrock contained the following, in addition to some bricks:

80% plain (incl. PWM II) 1 sherd RP 2 " Wash 2 " WS II 1 " Myc. Sh 643

(c) A bothros, the contents of which may be considered as a whole, contained large numbers of animal bones and the following pots:

P 2707 (LC III Dec.); P 2708 (PWM II?); P 2727-8 (cooking pots); P 2729 (plain ware bowl) and:

ca. 90% plain (incl. PWM II) 1 sherd RP 2 " Wash 1 " BR 5 " LC III Dec.

The use of this area coincides roughly with the habitation of House VII.

21:Street In clearing the east wall of D.VI.2/W.IV.7, the following stratification of Tombs was observed:

(a) In cutting for wall of IV.7: 5 sherds LC III plain 1 " LC III Dec.

(b) In ash to bedrock: 75% plain (176 PWM II) 38 sherds LC III Dec. 8 " BSB 2 " WS II 2 " BR 1 " Wash 2 roof tiles and 1 frag. lampholder

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

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