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 26 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 - 25 -Scan 26 of 62

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Underlined: Bamboula

Sh 202, contd. after the outer was formed. Tr. 2, Unit 21, .11.13 \\ 11.18 \}\int11.26\\ 11.31 (6-5-37)

Sh 203 Neolithic (?) Fabric as Sh 80. Tr. 2, Unit 21, N.-E. ext., 11.02-11.06 . (15-5-37)

Sh 204 Palace Style? Coarse pinkish clay; greenish surface. Loop of bistrous brown paint, flaked. Tr. 2, Unit 21 N., 11.23-11.25 and below. (26-5-37)

Sh 205 Palace Style? Orange clay, rich cream surface. No painted design. With Sh 204

Sh 206 LHIII Spout (of f-n-jar?) Fine fabric, creamy surface, lustrous red paint. Tr. 2, Unit 21 N., 11.04-11.16 . (18-5-37)

Sh 207 Neolithic (?) Gritty clay, grey outside, red inside. Burnished, red int., mottled brown to grey ext. 0.013 thick. Tr. 2, Unit 21 N., 11.16-11.23 . (24-5-37)

Sh 208 Matt Slip? Sandy warm brown clay. Thick brick-red matt slip. Profiled jug (?) base. Tr. 2, Unit 22, 10.95-11.02. (27-4-37). A join do. do. 11.02-11.08 floor (28-4-37)

Margin left: Levanto-Mycenaean ?

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 202contd. after the outer was formed
  • Sh 203Neolithic (?) Fabric as Sh 80.
  • Sh 204Palace Style?
  • Sh 205Palace Style?
  • Sh 206Spout (of f-n-jar?)
  • Sh 207Neolithic (?)
  • Sh 208Profiled jug (?) base

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