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 45 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 327 | L.C. III painted, Pseudo-Myc. Base of open bowl. Rich clean clay, light brown with light grey core. Matt paint, light brown to dark grey, firm + crackled. Spiral int. Tr.4, Unit 9, on 10.00-10.02 floor. (1-4-37)

Sh 328 | L.C. III Bichrome. Med.-light brown clay with fine sand. Matt paint, deep red + dark grey. Frag. from neck. With Sh 327

Sh 329Black slip ware, incised frag. With Sh 327

Sh 330 | L.C. III plain ware. 2 joins of carinated bowl + wishbone handle. Firm pale brown clay with fine sand. Tr.4, Unit 9+12, 9.50 9.905-9.89 9.97 floor. (24-3-37)

Sh 331 | L.C. III Frag. of plain-rimmed bowl. Pale slightly pinkish brown clay, clean + rich. Surface impen not smoothed after shaping. Firm matt paint, orangebrown. With Sh 330

Sh 332 | Wheel-made painted ware. Frag. from shoulder. Neck-ring. Soft clay, relatively clean; light greenishbrown; browner toward interior. Surface leather-burnished. Firm paint, asquelt violitish brown where thin, deep grey + crackled where thick.

Drawing: ] With Sh 330

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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 327Base of open bowl
  • Sh 328Frag. from neck
  • Sh 329Incised frag.
  • Sh 330Carinated bowl and wishbone handle (2 joins)
  • Sh 331Plain-rimmed bowl fragment
  • Sh 332Frag. from shoulder, neck-ring

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