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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 32 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

Sh 246 LHIII Flaring rim. Good fabric. Lustrous red brown paint, flaked ext., badly flaked int.. With Sh 238

Sh 247 LHIII Frag. with 3 bands. Excellent fabric. With Sh 238 Levanto-Myc.

Sh 248 Matt Slip. Base. Warm brown clay with grits; red paint. With Sh 238

Sh 249 Matt Slip. Hand made. Bowl rim with two lines incised before slipping. Gritty warm brown clay, grey in core. Matt paint, red-brown to red-grey. With Sh 238

Sh 250 Wheel-made, or Shaved ware. Frag. of pyriform jug. With Sh 238

Sh 251 Foreign? Bucchic? Frag from bottom of v.-c. jug. Clay like finest LHIII, creamy, leather burnish. Matt purple paint. With Sh 238

Pencil: Provenience?

Sh 252 LCIII painted. Frag from neck of big pot. Slightly profiled. Pinkish brown sandy clay; uncertain creamy surface. Dull red-brown matt paint. Tr. 2, Unit 27, 11.36 10.97 - 11.47 11.11 (26-5-37)

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 246Flaring rim
  • Sh 247Frag. with 3 bands
  • Sh 248Base
  • Sh 249Bowl rim
  • Sh 250Frag. of pyriform jug
  • Sh 251Frag from bottom of v.-c. jug
  • Sh 252Frag from neck of big pot

Also mentionedSh 238

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