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 41 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 - 40 -Scan 41 of 62

Left page

Sh 305 - 2 joins Unit 11, to 9.86 - 10.02 level (25-3-37)

Right page

Bamboula

Sh 304 | LC III bucchero (4 joins) Very firm warm cream clay with sharp sand. Firm vaguely lustrous paint, dark brown where thin, deep grey where thick. Tr. 4, Unit 7, on 9.76 floor

Sh 305 | LC III bucchero (4 joins) Firm, rich, greenish clay. Firm matt paint, dark lavender-grey. Frag. from neck + shoulder; neck-ring. 7 other sherds of same pot left with sherds. Tr. 4, Unit 1, in post at 9.01, to 9.00 → 9.53/ floor. (24-3-37)

Sh 306 | L.C. III painted. Sherd of side-spout jug. Hard red-brown clay with fine sand; surface lighter turning to green. Hard matt paint, reddish-brown. Tr. 4, Unit 1, 9.40 to 9.53 9.53 to 9.69. (26-3-37)

Sh 307Base Ring ware, painted. Leg of animal vase.
Tr. 4, Unit 1, Pit, top at 9.69. (26-3-37)

Sh 308 | L.T. III. Base of bowl. Light brown clay. ws. leather burnish. Slightly lustrous paint, light vaguely warm brown outside, deep brown inside. Tr. 4, Unit 3, Top to 9.21 level. (10-3-37)

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 (5)

  • Sh 304 (number uncertain)LC III bucchero sherdnumber uncertain
  • Sh 305 (number uncertain)LC III bucchero sherd (neck and shoulder fragment)number uncertain
  • Sh 306 (number uncertain)Side-spout jug sherdnumber uncertain
  • Sh 307 (number uncertain)Animal vase legnumber uncertain
  • Sh 308 (number uncertain)Bowl basenumber uncertain

Also mentionedSh 305

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