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 21 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 -20-Scan 21 of 62

Bamboula [pencil: Cott deep bowl ware] Sh 165 Painted sherd. Extremely hard light brick red clay, pure save for a little lime. Straw coloured outside. Hard thin grey paint clay. Band outside; bands + zig-zag inside. A similar sherd in Unit 28. Tr. 2, Unit 17, [left curly bracket] 10.55 - 10.74 10.61 - 10.77 (13-4-37)

Sh 166 Sherd (2 pieces) of hard medium red clay. Soft thick cream-coloured slip inside + out. Bands of matt grey brown paint. With Sh 165

Sh 167 Neolithic, frag. (4 pieces) of bowl. Tr. 2, Unit 17, to 10.45 - 10.61 (10-4-37); 10.86 - [left curly bracket] 10.89 10.95 (27-4-37); 10.85 - [left curly bracket] 10.89 11.05 [left curly bracket] 10.91 (28-4-37)

Sh 168 Neolithic (2 pieces), possibly join of Sh 167. Exterior mostly black; int. red. Tr. 2, Unit 17, 10.86 - [left curly bracket] 10.89 10.95 (27-4-37)

Sh 169 R. P. Pinched rim of bowl. Tr. 2, Unit 17, on platform, ca. 10.90 (27-4-37)

Sh 170 Matt slip, wheel-made. High base of bowl. Thick black slip, inside + out. Tr. 2, Unit 17, Fill below 10.95 - 11.11 (11-5-37)

Sh 171 Matt slip, hand-made. Base of neck, with neckring. Tr. 2, Units 21-22, J.F.D. II, p. 66, strosis #2 (29-5-37)

Sh 172 Matt slip(?). Frag. of bowl rim. Interior slipped, with Sh 171

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Sh 167 another sherd, joining from Tr. 2, Unit 18, East 10.66 - [left curly bracket] 10.78 10.87 (23-4-37) [arrow pointing to "Sh 167" entry on opposite page]

Sh 168 Two more joins in Unit 20, to 10.99 - 11.05 (28-4-37) [arrow pointing to "Sh 168" entry on opposite page]

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 165Painted sherd
  • Sh 166Sherd (2 pieces)
  • Sh 167Bowl fragments (4 pieces)
  • Sh 168Sherd (2 pieces)
  • Sh 169Pinched rim of bowl
  • Sh 170High base of bowl
  • Sh 171Base of neck, with neck-ring
  • Sh 172Bowl rim fragment

Also mentionedSh 171

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