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 34 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 -33-Scan 34 of 62

Bamboula

Sh 262 Bucchero (L.C.III) base. 3 joins. Pale grey-brown sandy + gritty clay. Hard grey slip with rust coloured nuances. Tr. 2, Unit 25, N. ext. 10.325\9.51}-\10.469.61 (11-5-37) from intrusion two sherds

Sh 263 Burnished. Clay like Ware VII. Hard with grey + black grits; grey, browner at edges. Red-brown burnished slip inside + out. Horiz. handle. With Sh 262

Sh 264 R.P. 2 joins of bowl rim. Relatively soft sandy brown clay throughout. Somewhat lustrous slip, red inside + out, with black spot outside. Tr. 2, Unit 25 A, South, 10.585\10.45} - 10.90\10.72}. (24-5-37)

Sh 265 R.P. (Neolithic?) Sherd of very black hard clay; surface unevenly but highly burnished. Interior black, turning to brown; ext. red + black. Tr. 2, Unit 25 A South; J.F.D. I, p. 46, strosis #2. (25-5-37)

Sh 266 R.P. Coarse clay with pebbles. Red-brown to grey; surface slipped but ext. more yellow-brown than red; int. red. Probably not burnished. Flat base of bowl. With Sh 265

Sh 267 Neolithic. Soft gritty clay, yellowish, grey core. Surface Orange. Inside + out unordered wavy

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Sh 262.(a) Sherd in Tr. 4, Unit 10, 10.33\10.20} - 10.00\10.40} - 10.20\30^ (26-3-37) N.B. These areas were dug more than a month apart, so they are not likely to be mixed.

[arrow pointing to Sh 264 on left page] same pot < as Sh 245? <

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 (6)

  • Sh 262Bucchero base
  • Sh 263 (number uncertain)Horiz. handlenumber uncertain
  • Sh 264Bowl rim
  • Sh 265Sherd
  • Sh 266Flat base of bowl
  • Sh 267Sherd

Also mentionedSh 245

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