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

Bamboula, Sherds (Sh729–Sh815)

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

Scan 45 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 45 of 76

Sh 756 B-572

Coarse painted krater (?) LCIII Dec. or LCIII Dec.?

Wheelmade, rough rim and handles are close in the technique of handmade ware. Clay very light gray buff, hard and gritty with much black sand and other fine particles. Matt washy orange brown paint. Preserved are two joins from rim and two non-joining handle fragments. Broad strap handle chiefly to rim; rim thickened and flaring out, virtually flattened on top. Rim painted, pendent inverted triangles (?) filled with lattice design. Two hand painted vertical stripes on handle.

neg 65218

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 756Coarse painted krater (?)

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