J. F. Daniel, Bamboula VII Mar.–May 1939John Franklin Daniel

3-4-39Tomb 12, Contents, cont'd. from p. 52

P1240 12. B.R. bowl. With skeletons I-II H. 0.079; Diam. 0.177 P1265 13. Trefoil jug, plain. With I-II red clay. H. 0.198 Diam. 0.145 P1273 14. Plain jug, mouth broken. With I-II? A few cm. lower. Syrian bichrome: bird+fish. H. 0.213; Diam. 0.143 Mi 174 15. Ivory button. Under pot 12.

P1271 16. LHIII f.n. jar H. 0.094; Diam. 0.091

P1276 17 Plain-mouthed jug, L.C.II plain H. 0.27 Diam. 0. 208 P1272 18. LHIII f-n. jar H. 0.097; Diam 0.096

P1279 19. Plate, Plain. H. 0.067; D. 0.211

20. Bronze rod, 0.135 long

S103 21 Faience cylinder of pale steatite l. 0.0279; d. 0.011 Mi 175 22. Ivory disc, broken

S104 23. Steatite cylinder seal. l. 0.0207 diam. 0.0079 P1216 24 Wh. Sl. II bowl. Diam. 0.187 h. 0.114

P1254 25. B.R. jug. Plain spiral. Ridge on handle. 5-4-39 H. 0.27; Diam. 0.154 P1217 26. Wh. Sl. II bowl. 1.05 level N W H. 0.106 Diam. 0.174 (to p. 76)

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1-4-39TOMB 12 from p. 53

Clean the tomb to the level of the S-E skeletons (I-II) Photos Bam.'39.33-35 of T.12 at this level (0.90 below surface, center E). Pots 11-13 + probably 14 belong with these skeletons, also objects 5-6

Photos Bam. '39. 44-453-4-39 Remove skeletons I-II. They lie on a layer of dark sand. Dig down, finding traces of an earlier burial below. The relation of the W. + N. groups now becomes clear. The N. (LCI) slopes down to the lower floor, while the W lies over a layer of sand over this the floor, and over the W. end of the N. group.

4-4-39Photos Bam. '39.47-48,49 46 showing the W. + N. groups in their relation to the lower, 1.05 floor. The W. group rests on and in redsandy earth. This partly overlaps the N group, in greyish sandy earth. Remove the N. group to the grey level.