Field notes·PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 23·1934–1954

Bamboula, Pottery classification

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

Scan 18 of field notes PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 23 (Bamboula, Pottery classification), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 4, folder 23, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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<u>Notes for Bamboula</u>

Greenish-olive color of clay and dk paint occur from even Middle Helladic times in Greece. The 2<u>nd</u> Royal Tomb at Mycenae (new excavations) provides a cantharos with such clay and a brownish purple paint (drawing) (as well as other pots

Again NM 191, 2-h jug from FIRST SHAFT, and NM 196, 3-h jar from SECOND SHAFT have this type of clay & dk paint

A 2-h spouted jug NM # 3200 (LH III A) from Chamber Tomb 91, a squat alabastron from CT 66, a 2-h jug (drawing) from Chamber T. 70, many vases from Prosymna <u>CT. 44</u> (some of which may be Cretan), ^CT 3 (NM 6731) 3-h jar\ CT 4 (NM 6748) false-necked jar, and a Palace style vase from Kakovatis Triphylia all are green & black. On the other hand greenish clay is actually not common among Attic <u>LH III C</u> vases!

NM # 1 (drawing) also green & black. From Attica. squat jar upstairs.

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

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