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BAMBOULA, TOMB 17-17A (cont.)
19 April 1939Begin to clear the floor in the south part. This tomb has been thoroughly ransacked, much more so than Tomb 17. Only a few sections of the original fill of the tomb were found high up on the walls, tunelled under and devoid of finds.
A mass of sherds, clearly discarded by the earlier excavators, was found in the center.
A well-cut block .. x .. x .. was found in the south room, just over the discarded sherds.
1 April 1939Contents, Tomb 17
| x Mi 158 | 1. | Gold earring in shape of calf's head. |
| Pierced as for horns cut off. Gold | ||
| wire through it. L. of head 0.0177. On | ||
| floor. 24 k., 7.5 gr. | ||
| x Mi 159 | 2. | Ditto, With no. 1. 24k., 7.5 gr. L. 0.0172. |
| Slightly crushed. | ||
| x Mi 163 | 3. | Ditto. Finer workmanship. L. of head |
| 0.0152. With nos. 1 and 2. 24 k., | ||
| 9.5 gr. | ||
| x Mi 160 | 4. | Ditto. Smashed. With nos. 1-3. 24 k., |
| 6.5 gr. L. 0.016. | ||
| x Mi 161 | 5. | Ditto. L. of head 0.0177. In earth |
| thrown out of tomb. 24 k., 6.5 gr. |
3 April
| x Mi 162 | 6. | Ditto. Found screening. 24 k., 7 gr. |
| L. 0.0175. | ||
| Mi 555 | 7. | Steatite button. Crescents. |
| missing | 8. | Frag. of haematite cylinder. Screening. |
| according to missing | 9. | Frags of gold leaf. |
| museum records M 894 | 10. | Leech-shaped silver ear-ring. |
| missing | 11. | Lanter-shaped gold bead, smashed. |
| Mi 552 | 12. | Silver hair-ring. In screen. |
6 April
| M 1024 | 13. | Bronze knife. In screen. |
| Gl 181 x | 14. | Frags. of blue glass bottle. |
Mended from sherds :
| x P 972 | 15. | L.H. III or imitation krater. Bands. |
| H. 0.223; diam. 0.248. |
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain