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 74 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 147Scan 74 of 87

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B_2 aA_3 yB_1 a
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v a6.1615.2012.176
v b8.9416.4513.33B_2 aA_3 yB_1 a
v c5.3612.14v c'7.7814.8113.72
v d6.449.98
v e6.829.40
v f8.377.88
v g9.469.33
v h6.595.61
v i4.637.37
v j6.657.28
v k6.754.94
l.6.854.24

Drawing: plan of architectural features; labels: l., k, h, i, j, f, g, e, d, c, a, b

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4-5-37 from p. 144

TRENCH 2

Pit #4: Two slabs between this and pit #2 were removed before digging. The top of the pit was filled with loose grey earth with numerous small stones. The earth becomes gradually darker, and from about 60 cm. on down it is greenish grey earth, obviously settled in water. This is typical bothros earth, and it is certain that this pit was a bothros. The sides (sandstone) are relatively soft about 5 cm. in, and stained green. The bothros contains a great deal of typical L.C.II pottery and many bones of sheep or some animal of similar size (kept). The bothros is earlier than the wall to unit 15, for it goes partly under it. The wall is built across the top of the filled bothros without any special preparation.

5-5-37Unit 12: Pit #5: against and under the wall to unit 8. This pit is filled with greyish (To p. 149)

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

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