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 25 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 25 of 62

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Margin left: Bamboula

Sh 196. Like Sh 184 - Part of black circles on red slip. Sh 184 same ware as Sh 294 Tr. 2, Unit 21, To 10.65-10.69 (26-4-37)

Sh 197 Kaloriziki style. Frag. by handle of bowl. Sandy greenish clay. Paint olive to grey-brown, somewhat crackled. Tr. 2, Unit 21, 10.69 10.65 to 10.81. (28-4-37)

Sh 198 Kaloriziki style. Frag. from neck base of jug? Light brown clay, grey-brown matt paint. Lozenges; horiz. band. With Sh 197.

Sh 199. Palace style? Coarse clay. Lustrous paint, light to dark olive. With Sh 197

Sh 200 Ware VII. Bowl rim. Grey clay, red at core. Looks almost as if it had a white slip under the outer, which varies from dark to darkest olive, and has a red spot. Tr. 2, Unit 21, To 10.99-11.05 (28-4-37)

Sh 201 Neolithic (?) frag. of bowl rim. Rough ware, maybe burnished. Ext. brown, Int. black. Tr. 2, Unit 21

Left margin, curly bracket enclosing following two lines

10.99? - 11.07 11.05? - 11.15 (30-4-37)

Sh 202 Neolithic (6 pieces) Deep red slip on gritty warm light brown clay. Fabric as Sh 174, and probably of same pot. It looks as if the inner 1/3 had been added

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 (7)

  • Sh 196Like Sh 184 - Part of black circles on red slip. Sh 184 same
  • Sh 197Frag. by handle of bowl
  • Sh 198Frag. from neck base of jug?
  • Sh 199Palace style? Coarse clay. Lustrous paint, light to dark oli
  • Sh 200Bowl rim
  • Sh 201Frag. of bowl rim
  • Sh 202Neolithic (6 pieces) Deep red slip on gritty warm light brow

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