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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 3 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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Kourion

. S 10 Attic B.F. Tongue patternTr. XIV Surface
. S 11 Attic (?) sherd. Rays in black glazeTr. XIV Surface
suspended from rim outside. Red
applied band on greyish glaze inside
12 Arretine ware with signature-Tr. XIX Pit 3.50
stamp; broken
' 13 Megarian bowl. Conventional designsTr. VI K Pit, 3.40
(3 rows); dog chasing rabbit and bird
. 14. West-slope ware. Floral design inTr. VI K, Pit, 3.60-3.80
heavy yellow paint. Rim
15 Brown-glaze with black firing spotsTr. VI K, Pit, 3.60-3.80
Frag. of pomegranate (?) P114
16 Poor black glaze. Band-handleTr. VI K, Pit, 2.60-3.80
with pointed protuberance. P113
17 Red-brown glaze on light clayTr. VIII I on floor by wall
sherd stamped stamped with band of(6-15-34)
parallel lines. Scratches old?
. 18 Arretine - egg + dart cornice;Chance find-surface
ivy; male head(12-15-34)

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

Objects named on this page

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Recorded (9)

  • S 10Attic B.F. sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • S 11Attic (?) sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • 12Arretine ware sherd · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 13Megarian bowl · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 14West-slope ware sherd · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 15Frag. of pomegranate (?) · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 16Band-handle · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 17Sherd · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)
  • 18Arretine sherd · Kourion Complex (city site and Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates)

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