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 28 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

Sh217. Neolithic, fabric like Sh 202, but lighter red paint. With Sh. 215

Sh 218 L.C.III painted. Sandy grey brown clay, poorly surfaced. Fair grey-brown to dark grey matt paint. Sherd from neck or strange bowl. Base of handle (?). Tr. 2, Unit 26, N-E corner, 10.81-10.84 (18-5.37)

Sh219 Neolithic. 2 joins, probably of same pot as Sh 167, etc. Tr. 2, Unit 26, \4 joins 10.93 - 10.95 10.975 - 11.01. (20-5-37)

Sh220 Burnished slip ware. Rim of deep bowl, slipped inside + out. Sandy warm light brown clay. Tr. 2, Unit 26, east 1/2, [brace left] 10.95 - 11.03 / 11.01 - 11.08 . (21-5-37)

Sh 221 R.P. (Neolithic ?) 3 joins. Sandy brown clay with grey core. Red slip inside + out, partially burnished. Tr. 2, Unit 26, [brace left] 11.03 - 11.09 / 11.08 - 11.15 . (21-5-37)

Sh 222 Neolithic (?) gritty red-light brown clay. Thin lustrous slip, red-brown to dark grey. Tr. 2, Unit 26, core of pit in E. door. (24-5-37)

Sh223 G. or K. painted. Gritty clay, red-brown, grey interior., Surface cream. Lustrous (hellenistic) ugly black paint. Wheel-made (?). With Sh 222

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)

  • Sh217Sherd
  • Sh 218Sherd
  • Sh219Sherd
  • Sh220Rim of deep bowl
  • Sh 221Sherd
  • Sh 222Sherd
  • Sh223Sherd

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