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 12 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 12 of 62

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Black Slip?

Right page

.m Bamboula

Sh 90 | LHIII - bowl frag. Exterior: 4 bands; Interior: 4 bands + zig-zag panel. Clay light greenish, with grey particles. Paint practically matt, grey with a greenish touch. Bamboula, Tr. 4, Unit 10, 10.03-10.20 (26-3-37)

Sh. 91B.F. sherd. Incisions. Bamb., Tr. 2, Unit 3, Intrus. (21-3-37)
Sh. 92LHIII - sherd, with scale pattern. _Bamboula, Tr. 2,
west extension, 8.18 - 8.638.73 (17-3-37)_
Sh 93LHIII, Base of deep pot, plain. With Sh 92

Sh 94 | Handmade incised. Red brown clay, grey in core. Very hard lustrous paint, coal black inside, streaked brick red to grey brown outside. _Bam., Tr. 2, Unit 1, level below 9.77 = 9.80 floor, to 9.77 = 9.98 (21-4-37)_

Sh 95 | Handmade sherd, fabric like Base Ring ware but not slipped. Warm brown. A band of dark brown paint. Shaved. Tr. 2, Unit 1, to 9.59 = 9.74 (27-3-37)

Sh 96 | LHIII - frag. from base of bowl. Soft buff clay; practically matt dark brown paint. Bamboula, Tr. 2, Unit 2, 8.69-8.85 ("floor over rock") (19-3-37)

Sh 97LHIII - frag of bowl rim + horiz. ribbon vert. handle.
Warm cream clay, lustrous red paint. With Sh 96

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 (8)

  • Sh 90LHIII bowl fragment
  • Sh 91sherd
  • Sh 92LHIII sherd
  • Sh 93Base of deep pot
  • Sh 94sherd
  • Sh 95Handmade sherd
  • Sh 96frag. from base of bowl
  • Sh 97bowl rim fragment with horizontal ribbon/vertical handle

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