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 22 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 22 of 100

Sh 675 B 1189

Myres in treat. vol. Neck of jug L III Dec.

Loc. Myres.

Incomplete, mended wheelmade clay pinkish buff, fairly well cleaned and rather fine but has a few small grits and air holes. Surface whitish pink, which is apparently from a thin slip. Paint matt reddish to greyish brown, of washy consistency. Flaky. Preserved is profile of neck with two very small bits of shoulder, from which neck tapers upwards pronouncedly to flaring mouth. Rim slightly thickened with flattened edge turned somewhat downwards. Paint on rim and band at base of neck.

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

  • Sh 675Neck of jug

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