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 33 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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Sh 253 | Wash Ware Matt slip, rim. Yellowish clay, russet paint. With Sh 252

Sh 254 | LH III frag of botto lower part of square pyxis. Pale warm cream clay; surface very pale. Lustrous "Myc. red" paint. With Sh. 252

Sh 255 | R.P. (Neolithic?) Large sherd, gritty, red-brown clay. Slip red to black outside, red inside. Apparently not burnished. With Sh 252

Sh 256Neolithic. Frag of Sh 167? " " "

Sh 257 | LC III painted. Frag of wishbone handle. Pale greenish clay with fine sand. Matt grey paint, flaked. Tr. 2, On circuit wall (top-soil) (12-5-37)

Sh 258Matt slip(?) Composite handle. Tr. 2, Unit 23, Intrus. (26-4-37)
Sh 259White slip. Wishbone handle. Red clay + paint.
Tr. 2, Unit 23, In brown earth in line of E. wall. (26-4-37)
Sh 260Neolithic - Ware like Sh 217. Tr. 2, Unit 25,
to 9.96 = 10.59 (3-5-37)

Sh 261 | Black Slip? Incised. Hard clay, grey at core, greyish brown outside. No paint (slip?). Tr. 2, N. ext. of units 25 A-B. Surface to 9.51 = 10.37. (10-5-37)

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

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Recorded (9)

  • Sh 253 (number uncertain)Wash Ware · Bamboula (Episkopi)number uncertain
  • Sh 254 (number uncertain)frag of lower part of square pyxis · Bamboula (Episkopi)number uncertain
  • Sh 255Large sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 256Frag of Sh 167? · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 257Frag of wishbone handle · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 258Composite handle · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 259Wishbone handle · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 260Neolithic sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 261Black Slip? sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)

Also mentionedSh 252

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