Bamboula, Tombs (extracted from McFadden's notebooks)

BAMBOULA, TOMB 12 (cont.)

4 April 1939Photos Bam. '39, 47-49 showing the west and north groups in their relation to the lower, 1.05 floor.

The west group rests on and in red sandy earth. This partly overlaps the north group, in greyish sandy earth. Remove the north group to the grey level.

Contents

29 MarchMi 151 [handwritten: 1.] Gold earring, leech-shaped. Complete. L. 0.0253, w. 0.025, 24 k., 20.5 gr. East, 0.80 below surface (north group).

30 March[handwritten: 2.] Bronze tweezers, broken. (north group) [handwritten: 3.] Double ring. Bronze, broken. (north group) not cat [handwritten: M1042] not cat [handwritten: M1044] Mi 173 [handwritten: 4.] Ivory object consisting of two superimposed discs, one 0.059, one 0.044 in diameter. Northwest center, under bones running toward west skull (north or west group).

M 216 [handwritten: 5.] Bronze chisel. West center, just east of White Slip II bowls south of trefoil jug. On stone, with southeast skeletons. Steatite spindle whorl. East, below level of skulls. Diam. 0.0155. [handwritten: 6a.] Ditto, with 6a. Diam. 0.0183.

Mi 176 [handwritten: 6a.] Mi 177 [handwritten: 6b.] Ditto, with 6a. Diam. 0.0183. Mi 178 [handwritten: 7.] Bone disc. Diam. 0.0169. (East group)

1 April[handwritten: 8.] Pointed bronze object. In screen. L. 0.0509.

Handwritten note: Sent to Phil uncat M1043

3 AprilM 222 [handwritten: 10.] Bronze knife. 3 rivets. (west group) P 1215 [handwritten: 11.] White Slip II bowl. With skeletons I-II. h. 0.085; diam. 0.193. P 1240 [handwritten: 12.] Base Ring bowl. With skeletons I-II. h. 0.079; diam. 0.177. P 1265 [handwritten: 13.] Trefoil jug, plain. With I-II. Red clay. H. 0.198; diam. 0.145.