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 35 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 267, contd.lines of lustrous red paint. Tr. 2, Unit 25A, South; J.F.D. I, p. 46, strosis #3. (25-5-37)

Sh 268 Kaloriziki style Bichrome. Softish warm brown clay with fine sand. Matt paint, dark grey + hard red. grey horiz. bands. Panel division red, filling red + grey. Tr. 2, on "wall" between units 25A + B. Below 10.35 = 10.57 level. (19-5-37)

Sh 269 LHIII. Bowl rim. Rich warm cream clay, rather soft. Wheel marks. Matt paint, rust to dark brown. Tr. 2, Unit 25A 9.98 to 10.35 10.66 to 10.77. (13-5-37)

Sh 270 LHIII. Good fabric. Rich cream clay; lustrous black paint. Profiled rim with spiral (?) on rim. With Sh 269.

Sh 271 Red Neolithic — same ware as Sh 167. Tr. 2, Unit 25B, 9.98 to 10.35 10.66 to 10.77. (13-5-37)

Sh 272 R. P. Sherd. Hard sandy red-brown clay. Ext. deep red; interior deep grey with red highlights. Tr. 2, Unit 25B, to 10.60 = 10.76 floor (4-5-37)

Sh 273 LHIII. Handle frag. with raised ridge. Hard pale clay, greyer in core. Paint largely gone, olive to med. grey. Good fabric. With Sh 272

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

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Recorded (6)

  • Sh 268Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 269Bowl rim · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 270Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 271Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 272Sherd · Bamboula (Episkopi)
  • Sh 273Handle fragment · Bamboula (Episkopi)

Also mentionedSh 267

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