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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 58 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 58 of 100

Sh 699Levatige :
B-403Painted shaved jug.
Shard (h-m)
Imitation, Myc. technique (?)]

Handmade Clay grayish brown, compact with considerable fine grit (sand?) thick fabric. Surface shaved and after this seemingly covered with a light yellow white slip which is lustrous in places. For this for decoration matt brown-black washy paint of usual LC III variety. Preserved neck with stump of handle and adjoining portion of shoulder to widest part of body including base of handle. Rim plain, pinched mouth. Straight neck widens gradually to rather steeply sloping shoulder. Handle from rim to shoulder.

neg 68236

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 699Painted shaved jug

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