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 30 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 -29-Scan 30 of 62

Bamboula

Sh 230 | LCIII painted. Frag. of basket-handle. Pinkbrown clay, surface lighter. Matt dull red paint. With Sh 229.

Sh 231LHIII. Frag. of v-c jug. Good fabric. Warm
cream clay. "Myc. red" paint, with lustrous,r Sh 229
Sh 232.Palace style? Pale pinkish clay, dull cream
surface. Flaked lustrous olive paint. With Sh 229

Sh 233 | Matt Slip. Base. Light pinkish brown clay with black sand & lime particles. Firm red paint. Handmade. Tr. 2, Unit 21, East ext., top-soil

Sh 234 | LHIII - Base of bowl. Deep warm cream clay, soft. Slightly lustrous paint, pale to med. brown ext., red int. With Sh 233

Sh 235 | White Painted (M.C.) Clay red-brown outside, pale brown inside. Pale slip outside & inside. Redbrown paint, lustrous, worn. With Sh 233

Sh 236R.P. Frag. of incised jug (?) Inside not slipped. With 233?
Sh 237R.P. or neolithic. Frag. of bowl rim near lug
handle. (drawing) With Sh 233

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Pseudo Mycenean.

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)

By the field number written in the record. A number links to the object’s page where we have one, and to the Penn Museum’s record where the museum has it online.

Also mentionedSh 229, Sh 233, Sh 230, Sh 231, Sh 232, Sh 234, Sh 235, Sh 236, Sh 237

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