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 50 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 -49-Scan 50 of 62

Black punctured ware?

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Bamboula

lustrous slip, mottled brown, to orange + grey, applied after incision. With Sh 343

Sh 355 | Wheel-made bichrome. Firm, Medium brown clay with some fine sand. Matt paint, dark grey and winered. Tr. 4, Surf. Intrusions. (10+11-3-37)

Sh 356 | Hand-made ware with punctured relief. Rather firm clay with very fine sand. Core deep bluegrey, surface dark brownish grey. Burnished. Tr. 4, 0-0.20. (3+4-3-37)

Sh 357 | LCIII painted. Base of bowl. Light brown clay, firm, with quite fine sand. Surface greenish. Firm paint, grey brown inside, warm dark brown out. Interior, dotted scale pattern. Tr. 4, 0.20-0.40 0.70 (4-3-37)

Sh 358 | Polychrome. Light grey clay, burnt very hard; with fine sand + small bubbles. Painted int. + ext. with thick slightly lustrous deep grey paint. Int.: a band of applied white, with two red dots on it. Flat bottomed bowl. Maximum thickness 0.007, min. 0.04. With Sh 358 357.

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 (4)

  • Sh 355Sherd
  • Sh 356Sherd
  • Sh 357Base of bowl
  • Sh 358Sherd

Also mentionedSh 343

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