Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 5·March 1937–May 1938

J. F. Daniel, Bamboula IV Mar. 1937–May 1938John Franklin Daniel

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

Scan 52 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 5 (J. F. Daniel, Bamboula IV Mar. 1937–May 1938), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page (103)Scan 52 of 87

POTS AND FRAGS. MADE UP FROM (102) SHERDS

P785 78 1. Frag. of bowl with inturned rim & P785 horiz. handle. Bands of matt brown paint. Tr. 2, Unit 19 [formula: 10.50 over /10.63\ ;] [formula: 10.53 over /10.92\]

P787 2. 18 sherds of unusual pot, perhaps krater-amph. Dull brown clay, grey in core. Dull dark brown paint.

Drawing: chevron] (drawing) (drawing) (drawing) etc. Tr. 4, Unit 13,

ca 9.92 = 10.12 floor (27-3-37)

P791 3. Bowl, like 725. Burnt; very incomplete Made up from sherds in Tr. 2, Unit 3, N.ext., to 9.24 = 9.61, and Unit 16 [formula: 9.60 over /9.86\] [formula: 9.76 over /10.19\] (14-4-37)

P792 4. Frags. of bowl with concave rim & horiz. loop handle(s?). Clean light greenish clay. Firm matt paint, brown to grey. Bands at rim & below handle. Two bands inside, 1/2 way down. Tr. 2, Unit 14, Pit #2, below 10.75 (19-4-37)

P796 5. Frags of large pithos - w. d. in relief, ancient mends. Tr. 2, Unit 12, sherds from: Intrusions; (9.96) [formula: 9.95 over /10.15\]; [formula: 9.95 over /10.15\] [formula: 10.62 over /10.19\]; to 10.19=10.39; Inbuilding of fireplace, to 10.50 = 10.67 floor; Pit #2; On 10.50 = 10.67 floor. Most sherds were from the [formula: 9.95 over /10.15\] [formula: 10.02 over /10.19\] and to 10.19=10.39 levels; several sherds with ancient mends on 10.50 = 10.67 floor. (7-4-37 to 4-5-37)

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[underlined: 23-4-37] TRENCH 2 from p. 101

Unit 15: Dig out the Baugrab of the pithos. It is cut into bed rock to a depth of 11.78 , and then was packed with the same material.

A piece of pithos neck placed next to the break in the mouth of this pithos turns out not to belong to it. When the neck of the pithos was broken a piece of another, similar but of a larger pot, was placed against the break and held in place the by pack in the Baugrab.

The pit in the N-W corner went to a depth of , but contained nothing of interest. It was partly covered by a patch of clay by the floor. Photos Bam 83-86 of pithos being dug and ready for removal (actually units 21+22)

Units 17, 18, 19 East: Dig in undisturbed earth to a level continuous in all three units, at 10.58 = 10.79 in unit 17, 10.78 = 10.87 in unit 18, and 10.75 in the small part of unit 19 preserved at this level. In unit 19 the earth is greyish brown and somewhat (to p. 105)

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

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