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 39 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 39 of 79

Area E Daniel House II Page 2

2) The material of the first floor was found at the following levels: E.II.1, 7.18-7.27; E.II.4, 6.74-6.87; E.II.5, 6.68-6.79 (sherds not listed); E.II.7, 6.63 to plaster floor; E.II.8, 6.47-6.63 (no sherds). The sherds were the following:

30% plain sherds2[handwritten: 2 PMM II] (joins) L.H.IIIa
” 30% plain sherds1Painted
” 30% plain sherds9White Slip II
” 30% plain sherds2White Slip I
” 30% plain sherds4Base Ring I-II
” 30% plain sherds3Wash ware
” 30% plain sherds4Red Polished, etc.
26decorated sherds
(Material on F.25 floor in E.II.1 (21:12), if isolated, is of house I.)
3) Accumulation over the L.C.II floors was found at the following levels:
E.II.4, 6.72-6.74; E.II.5, 6.62-6.65 (sherds not listed); E.II.7,
bothros and small pits. The sherds were:
40% plain sherds5L.H.IIIa
” 40% plain sherds130White Slip II
” 40% plain sherds118Base Ring II (includes late types)
” 40% plain sherds4Shaved ware
” 40% plain sherds9Wash ware
” 40% plain sherds2Burnished Slip
” 40% plain sherds1Monochrome
” 40% plain sherds5Red Polished
274decorated sherds

B. The L.C.III levels of house II are as follows: 1) The material of the upper floor was excavated at the following levels: E.II.1, 7.17-7.18; E.II.4, 6.58-6.72; E.II.5, 6.54 to 6.62; E.II.7, 6.79-6.83. The sherds were:

85% plain sherds10L.C.III painted [handwritten: 95-Penn I +3] (all local ware)
” 85% plain sherds7Bucchero, wheel-made
” 85% plain sherds1Red Lustrous III
” 85% plain sherds4White Slip II

Stamp: VII.1

Stamp: VII.6

Stamp: VII.2

Handwritten: House VII

Handwritten: 1948 VII.5-6 wall cutting filling

Handwritten: cf. nos. of DVII. 139 (piling)

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

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