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 23 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. 182Ware VIII. Soft reddish clay. Outer surface rich
red brown, inner same, varying to greyer. With Sh. 181
Sh 183Ware VIII. Hard blue-grey mottled clay. Surface
not unlike Base Ring ware. Rim of bowl. With Sh. 181

Sh 196, 294Sh 184 | Red slip, painted; handmade. Porous medium brown clay; a grey spot inside. Tr. 2, Unit 18, S.E.corner, to 10.68=10.87 floor. (29-4-37) Same ware as 196, 294

Sh. 185 | _Kaloriziki style. Amphora (handle to neck) or jug handle_. Greenish clay. Crackled paint, olive green to dark grey. Tr. 2, Unit 18, East pit, below level of 10.68=10.87 floor. (29-4-37)

Sh 186Kaloriziki style. Frag. of bell-shaped bowl.
W.l. Greenish-yellow clay. Firm brown paint. With Sh. 185
Sh 187_Kaloriziki style. Conical foot & lower body of
bowl_. Tr. 2, Unit 19, to 10.52 (W.). (13-4-37)

Sh 188. | Kaloriziki style.? Mouth of jug. Handle to neck. Sandy, vaguely greenish clay. Dark grey paint mostly gone. With Sh. 187

Sh. 189L H III Frag. of bowl rim. Good fabric; nearly mattcf. Sh. 193
dark brown paint. With Sh. 187

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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Recorded (8)

  • Sh. 182Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 183Rim of bowl · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 184Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh. 185Amphora (handle to neck) or jug handle · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 186Frag. of bell-shaped bowl · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 187Conical foot & lower body of bowl · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 188Mouth of jug. Handle to neck · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh. 189Frag. of bowl rim · Bamboula (Episkopi)

Also mentionedSh. 181, Sh 196, Sh 294, Sh. 193

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