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Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7·Undated

Bamboula, Pottery (P2662–P2710)

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

Scan 71 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7 (Bamboula, Pottery (P2662–P2710)), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 12, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 71 of 100

Shape like potter had in mind. Angular profile from base to body and body to shoulder. Two upright horizontally pierced lug handles on shoulder edge continue vertical of body wall. Wide tapering short neck to flaring round mouth and flattened slightly dented rim.

Entire neck and rim painted brown except for reserved band midneck. Body solid with lavender band between brown ones. Bottom has following concentric bands (from outside): lavender, reserved, brown, reserved, lavender, reserved dot. All careless execution.

Shape probably imitated from MP Fig 12 (p.44) # 96 category (B/C/early III C)

BAM T 34 JFD viii, 38:5 17/18 - 5-39

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)

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Recorded

  • Jug

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