Object cards·PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 8·Undated

Bamboula, Sherds (Sh729–Sh815)

Text·

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

Scan 38 of object cards PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 8 (Bamboula, Sherds (Sh729–Sh815)), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 13, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 38 of 76

Sh 752 B1002

Bichrome crater rim frag. Syrian bichrome (?)

Wheelmade Clay coarse with many fine grits and air holes, somewhat powdery. Light orange brown in color. Paint matt gray black and purple red.

Preserved in frag. showing rim and small portion of neck of crater. Wall vertically vertical. Ledge rim slightly beveled and overhanging. On neck slight bulge a few cent. below rim.

Rim profile almost identical to that of Sh 550 but definitely not same pot

Just below rim black, then red, then black stripe. 4,2 × 6,3 cm.

neg 65209

Belongs to same pottery class as Sh 649 and Sh 705

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

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Recorded

Sh 752Bichrome crater rim frag. · Bamboula (Episkopi)

Also mentionedSh 550, Sh 649, Sh 705

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