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

Tomb 40 Finds

P 2922 33. plain jug like # 27 P 2869 34. spout juglet, intact P 2876 35. spout juglet, rim chipped P 2924 36. small plain jug P 2913 37. large plain jug

lost 38. frag. of bronze wire or needle seen first at shel. I ? St 546 39. steatite (?) spindle whorl

Nos. 1-39 belong to the S 1.26 [-1.46] level.

P 2899 40. plain deep bowl, intact P 2926 41. jug fragments P 2917 42. small plain jug, intact P 2925 43. frag. of painted small jug P 2885 44. bowl frag. P 2886 45. bowl frag. with lug handles P 2882 46. bowl frag. P 2929 47. frags of large trefoil jug M1055 48. bronze bowl, intact but diseased P 2888 49. frags. of LC III bowl P 2887 50. " " " " P 2896 51. small deep bowl, intact P 2877 52. pilgrim flask, missing handles and neck

Nos. 40. 52 belong to the [-1.62] S-1.46 level. A sackful of sherds was found with them and will supplement many of the above pots.

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floor surface. There is a good possibility that some of the stones found among and below the pots on the south side of the tomb at the [-1.46] S-1.26 level may have been thrown over the debris swept back at the [-1.62] S-1.46 level to cover it. Draw and remove pots.

Photo BAM 54 # 33 S (and SE) side from stoma (i.e. NW) at [-1.62] S-1.46 level.

Clear everywhere to the -1.62 level finding on the SW side of the chamber a skeleton, complete except for head, in place: feet toward SE, right leg and right arm crooked, left arm and leg straight. Right arm rests on a stone which appears to be regularly cut but broken, left right lower leg rests on what may be a mud brick. At the same level find many fragments of a WS bowl just below the stoma; along the NE side find a skull (IX), a deep bowl,(?) squat jug, and shallow bowl, the latter two well preserved. The floor space widens toward the NE corner, giving the floor plan constantly a more tetragonal aspect. It seems likely that this skeleton [black rectangle] (X) is also L.C. III Its head must be either skull IX or skull V. Draw and remove skeleton and pots.

Photo BAM '54 # 34 NW side with skel. IX from SE " " " # 35 SE side with pots 54-56 from NE