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 13 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.

Page -12-Scan 13 of 62

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Bamboula

Sh 98LHIII frag. Good fabric, red paintAVA
Tr. 2, Unit 3 8.73-9.849.89-9.92(7-4-37)
Sh 99LHIII frag. from near handle of bowl. Bamboula,
Tr. 2, Unit 4, 9.84-9.93 (24-5-37

Sh 100Red Neolithic, base of open bowl. Uneven burnish. Bamboula, Tr. 2, door between units 5 & 7, ce. 9.45. (30-3-37

Sh 101Black Slip Ware, neck of jug. Tr. 2, Unit 5, 8.73-8.93 (17-3-37)
Sh 102L.C. III painted LHIII (?) 2-piece sherd of bowl. Hard clean grey-brown
clay; hard paint, brown to nearly black; crackled
where thin. Nearly lustrous. Bamboula, Tr. 2, Unit 5
on 8.94-9.35 floor (20-3-37)

Sh 103Pseudo-Myc. Rim of deep bowl. Fine greenish clay, brown paint. With Sh 102

Sh 104LCIII - jug (?) handle. Medium brown clay. Dull brown paint. One vert. line; many horiz. dashes. With Sh 102

Sh 105LHIII (Plain Granary style) Rim of bowl and raised
horiz. handles. Clean warm buff clay. Tr. 2, Unit 5,
8.94-9.359.06-9.46(26-3-37)

/written sideways

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 98frag.
  • Sh 99frag.
  • Sh 100base of open bowl
  • Sh 101neck of jug
  • Sh 1022-piece sherd of bowl
  • Sh 103Rim of deep bowl
  • Sh 104jug (?) handle
  • Sh 105Rim of bowl and raised horiz. handles

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