Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 7·Undated

Bamboula, Sherds (Sh663–Sh728)

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

Scan 16 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 7 (Bamboula, Sherds (Sh663–Sh728)), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 7, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 16 of 100

Sh 672	Frag. of painted jug E.C.III dec.
B 1232

Hand_made_

Clay, rich orange brown, full of sand and other larger	grits. Fired gray brown at surface. Paint matt dark brown.
Preserved 3 joining fragments giving profile of lip, neck,	and shoulder and five non joining fragments from body.
Neck is tall and flares upwards to slightly thickened	roll rim. Shoulder slopes from neck very gradually,	making a tall body probable.
Decoration of neck under painted rim appears to consist	of three very carelessly brushed horizontal wavy stripes	from which vertically running stripes have dripped down.

Sh 672

65 figures hard to read~~struck~~ 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

Sh 672 (number uncertain)Frag. of painted jug [?E.C.III dec.]number uncertain

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