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 49 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 349. LH III. Fine fabric. Clean pale cream clay throughout. Leather burnish. Lustrous black paint. With Sh 343

Sh 350 LMII ??? Wheel-made. Hard gritty clay, grey inside, brick-red out. Surface light brick-red int.; deep cream slip ext., with leather burnish. Lustrous "Myc-red" paint, flaked (drawing) With Sh 343

Sh 351 Ware VII? Overfired. Very hard black core with small white particles. Slip of clean clay, mottled light dirty brown to light grey. Two joins of shallow bowl rim, splayed. With Sh 343

Sh 352. Ware VII? Hard sandy clay, olive brown, bluegrey in core. Slip brown with black highlights ext., red-brown int. Bowl rim concave. With Sh 343.

Sh 353 Burnished. Ware VII ?? Hard clay with fine sand, grey in core, brick-red outside. Lustrous surface red-brown inside, brown outside. Flaring rim of large pot. With Sh 343

Sh 354 Incised handle. Hard sandy grey clay, slightly

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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 349Sherd
  • Sh 350Sherd
  • Sh 351Sherd
  • Sh 352Bowl rim
  • Sh 353Rim of large pot
  • Sh 354Incised handle

Also mentionedSh 343

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