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 8 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 15Scan 8 of 87

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TRENCH 4, UNIT 7 at 9.76 Floor

Drawing: plan of Trench 4 Unit 7; labels: INTR., INTRUS., 1 9.51, 2 9.31, 3 9.55, Floor 9.76, D, = Red clay (see p. 47), = Chavara

1. Stone basin

P816 2. Tub, h. 0.45; diam. 0.71

P773 3. Two-handled pithos. h. 0.55; diam. 0.505

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25.X.37 TRENCH 4 CONTD. FROM J.F.D., BOOK III, p. 165

Unit 7: Dig below the 9.62 level, and find a floor of red earth at 9.76. This is the level to which the three pithoi belong. They are packed with xafafa light-coloured clay, sloping up somewhat from the floor. The stone pithos rests upon the clay, which covers the pithos about 15 cm. above the base. The chavara just below goes to the rim of # Photo Bam 29 of unit 7 at 9.76 Photos Bam 31-32 of details of clay packing Unit 10: finish clearing out the two large surface intrusions, and then clear a floor of red-earth at 10.20.

Unit 9 North 13: Continue the clearing of the masses of pottery broken in situ on the 9.92/10.12 floor. Unit 9 To the west find a good floor of crushed stone, at 10.02.

Unit 9 South 12: At the north find a rectangular bed of clay with some stones, at 10.00. The pots seem to rest on this. To the south the red fill which covered the entire unit ends on a floor level with much ash, at 10.05.

Unit 1: Dig through the 9.40=9.53 floor,

(To p. 17)

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