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 16 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 122White slip. Small frag. with dots, etc. With Sh 121

Sh 123Sub-Myc. Frag. of lower part of bowl. Triangles
inside. Straw-coloured sandy clay. Crackly dark
grey-brown paint. Tr. 2, Unit 12, 10.67 } 10.32 / 10.72 (30-4-37)
Sh 124LHIII - handle + rim of bowl. Tr. 2, Units 9, 11, 13, disturbed
Sh 125White slip. Half of very large wishbone handle. With Sh 124
Sh 126L.C.III painted; Neck of jug like P28.
Tr. 2, Unit 10, 10.55 } 10.46 / 10.61 (15-5-37)

Sh 127LCIII painted. Frag. (16 pieces) of greenish clay and matt soft grey paint with +2 narrow bands. With Sh 126.

Sh 128LHIII. Base of medium sized pot. Slight profiling. Tr. 2, Unit 11, on west wall (12-4-37)

Sh 129LHIII. Large lifted horiz. handle. Fine warm cream
clay, greyer in core. Slightly lustrous dark red paint.
Tr. 2, Unit 11, 9.86 to 10.00 floor. (12-4-37)
Sh 130B.F. sherd. Tr. 2, Unit 13, 10.40 } 10.20 / to surely undisturbed. (1-4-37)

Sh 131Kaloriziki style - Amphora shoulder. Breast. Elaborate triangles. Soft red-brown clay; matt dark grey paint. With Sh 130

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 (10)

  • Sh 122Sherd
  • Sh 123Bowl fragment
  • Sh 124Bowl fragment
  • Sh 125Handle
  • Sh 126Jug neck
  • Sh 127Sherd
  • Sh 128Base
  • Sh 129Handle
  • Sh 130Sherd
  • Sh 131Amphora shoulder

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