Catalogue·PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5·1939–1948

Bamboula and Kourion Complex (trenches, palace), Sherds

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

Scan 11 of catalogue PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5 (Bamboula and Kourion Complex (trenches, palace), Sherds), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 24, folder 5, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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Bamboula

Sh 84LH III - Rim. Bam., T. 2, Unit 3 North, Intrusion (14-10-37)

Sh 85 | True Bucchero (foreign) Frag. of neck + shoulder of jug(?) Neck-ridge with incised (drawing) . Very fine pure grey clay, lustrous dark grey paint, largely worn off. Neck and shoulder of made in 2 pieces and fitted together. Hand-made? Found with Sh 84

Sh 86LH III - Frag. of bowl rim. Bamboula, Tr. 2, Unit 25,
to 9.96 = 10.59 (3-5-37)

Sh 87 | LC III painted (Pseudo-Myc.) (2 sherds) Frag. of reflex bowl. Fairly clean greenish-cream clay; matt red-brown paint. Found with Sh 86

Sh. 88 | Sherd from base of neck of large pot; Hand-made? vague neck-ring. Dull dark brown clay with grits some (lime, etc.), grey in core. Dull very dark brown paint. With Sh 86

Sh 89 | Clay like Base Ring ware. Red brown surface with worn lustrous slip. Relief band with rough gouging. Hand made. With Sh 86

Right page

Pencil: Type 2 why foreign?

Sh 88 joins Sh 287[pencil: Foreign dark on light]

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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 (6)

  • Sh 84 (number uncertain)Rimnumber uncertain
  • Sh 85Frag. of neck + shoulder of jug(?)
  • Sh 86 (number uncertain)Frag. of bowl rimnumber uncertain
  • Sh 87 (number uncertain)Frag. of reflex bowl (2 sherds)number uncertain
  • Sh. 88Sherd from base of neck of large pot
  • Sh 89Sherd

Also mentionedSh 86, Sh 287

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