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 20 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 -19-Scan 20 of 62

BAMBOULA

Sh 156 | LHIII Lip of pyriform 3-handled jar. Tr. 6 Sh 157 | LHIII Frag. of rim or base. Orangish clay. Lustrous deep red paint, flanked. Tr.2, East (Unit 9), to ca. [written above: (13-3-37)] 9.50 Sh 158 | Palace style?? Orange clay, creamy on surface. Much angular brown grit. Lustrous brown paint. Much worn. With Sh 157 Sh 159 | R.P. Dark red slip. Frag of queer shape. With Sh 157. (drawing) Sh 160 | (2 pieces) Kabriziki style Concave rim with double wavy line. Med. brown clay (soft), grey in core. Matt dull red paint. Tr.2, Unit 16+20, 10.32 to {9.72 / 10.62 (27-4-37) Sh 161 | LHIII Frag of bowl rim. Late fabric. With Sh 160 Sh 162 | 2 joins Pseudo-bucchero. Rim or base. Red-brown to black crackly paint. Clay warm brown. Tr. 2, Unit 16, {9.60 / 9.865 to {9.76 / 10.19 (10-4-37) Sh 163 | Large frag. of body, probably of Sh 162. Red. Tr.2, Unit 16, {9.95 / 10.125 to {10.02 / 10.21 and 10.21 to {10.14 / 10.30 (3-5-37) Sh 164 | LMII?? Base of pyriform pot. Pale greenish clay with much sharp grey grit. Surface slipped? Greygreen lustrous paint, peeled off. Tr. 2, Unit 16, {10.02 / 10.21 to {10.14 / 10.30 (3-5-37)

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Sh 160.Large join of bowl part. Tr.2, E. ext. (Units 27, 21, etc.),
{10.48 / 10.935 to {10.55 / 10.96. (14-5-37)

I see no reason to separate this from what is elsewhere classed as LC III Bucchero

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 156Lip of pyriform 3-handled jar
  • Sh 157Frag. of rim or base
  • Sh 158Palace style?? Orange clay, creamy on surface. Much angular
  • Sh 159Frag of queer shape
  • Sh 160(2 pieces) Kabriziki style Concave rim with double wavy line
  • Sh 161Frag of bowl rim
  • Sh 162Pseudo-bucchero rim or base
  • Sh 163Large frag. of body
  • Sh 164Base of pyriform pot
  • Sh 160Large join of bowl part

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