Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 8·March–May 1939

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

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

Scan 44 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 8 (J. F. Daniel, Bamboula VII Mar.–May 1939), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 90Scan 44 of 94

Tomb 21

11-4-39

P26651. Wh. Sl. I bowl. 0.10 over floor
P26662. LHIII false-necked jar. Floor
P26673. LHIII 2-handled flask. Floor
P26684. Plain jug. 0.20 over floor
P26695. Small B.R. jug. Pinched mouth.
0.10 over floor.
P26706. Neck of small B.R. jug. floor
P26717. LHIII miniature wide-mouthed jug. floor.

20-4-39

M10348. Bronze ring. On finger in S-W mass of bones.

Right page

TRENCH 20

11-4-39 Start trench 20, uniting pits B+C (pp. 17, 43) into a unified area, 8m. long on the north side, 16.50 on the west. 0.20 down red earth is found (bright red, earth is found in the north, with signs of burning -- it appears to be burnt brick. This goes down to a grey sandy layer, on which sherds rest. (20:1, 9.22)

12-4-39In the central part brown earth is found 0.20 down, going to a red-brown sandy level, on which are sherds and a (p. 92:2) seal (20:2, 8.96)

17-4-39 We have extended the trench in all directions, and to the edge of the rock ledge in the north. It is now 16.45 (W. side) x 12 meters. The earth was very shallow in the central region (20:2,5,8), slightly deeper in the north, and still more so in the south, where the dark top-soil is particularly deep (1 m. from surface to red earth in the S-E corner). The region of trench 20 has been disturbed by several large intrusions caused by would-be tomb-robbers. As a matter of fact, though several (to p. 95)

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

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