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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 11, folder 9·Undated

Bamboula, S

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

Scan 66 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 11, folder 9 (Bamboula, S), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 11, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 66 of 67

S 103 ph 81622

Blacked out stamp

Cylinder Seal

Pale blue-grey steatite.

Two fabulous creatures with one arm raised, apparently holding a sword, facing a tree of life. Fine workmanship.

Surface worn, apparently long used. L. 0.0279 Diam. 0.011

3-4-39 Bamboula, Tomb 12

I doubt this since intrus is unevenly worn. Possibly water erosion

Longitudinal perforation

J.F.D., VII, p.66:21

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

Objects named on this pageBamboula (Episkopi)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Recorded

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