Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 10·1948

J. F. Daniel, Bamboula IX 1948John Franklin Daniel

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

Scan 61 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 10 (J. F. Daniel, Bamboula IX 1948), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 6, folder 10, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Page 119Scan 61 of 83

Catalogued sherds

1. Bamboula ware 20;15a 0.75 to Level 1 [red: Sh 754] 6.22.54

2. Bichrome hanging lamp frag. 20;15a [red: Sh 755] In and under lower part of tumble. 6-25-54

3. Coarse painted ware krater LC II (?) [red: Sh 756] 20: 15 d (S) Next lowest fill behind wall 6-30-54

Right page

Street of Tombs (T.40)

June 23, 1954 Lay out an area 3 x 3 m. to the west of Tomb 19. About 60 cm. west of the dromos of this tomb find the dromos of another tomb which is designated T40. Stones blocking the stoma are found in situ.

The dromos is approximately 1.4 m. square and varies in depth from 30 to 55 cm. depending on the terrain, which is gradually rising toward the south in this area. The stoma is approximately 40 cm high and 50 cm. wide. An armoraki directly opposite the stoma has a roughly circular aperture of 25 cm diameter and is hollowed down into the bed rock almost vertically to a depth of 55 cm. A few sherds and bones were found in the armoraki (width 45 cm)

Photos Bam '54 no. 7 view of dromos with door stones in situ (from north); no. 8 view of dromos from east showing armoraki.

June 24, 1954

Begin clearing through the stoma and soon find that the roof is collapsed. Clear off a section of top soil above the roof to enter from above and find a large cutting already existing in the

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

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