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 57 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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<u>Bamboula</u>

apparently covered with a lustrous cream paint wash, over which is lustrous grey-brown. With Sh 395 Sh 397 Painted ware like Sh245, Tr. 7 Unit 5, {8.18-8.63}\over{8.73} . (17-3-37) Sh 398 Edge of handle. Grey clay throughout with black (micaceous?) temper. Slightly burnished. Tr. 2, Unit 5, 8.93 to {8.95 \ 9.05 . (18-3-37) Sh399 Neolithic. Same ware as Sh167. Tr. 2, Unit 4, 10.89 to {10.91 \ 10.95} \ 11.05 (28-4-37) Sh 400 Same ware as Sh399, doubtless from same pot. Tr. 2, Unit 3, {9.57}\over{9.68} to {9.73 \ 9.84 (7-4-37) Sh401 L.H.III. Light brown clay, pale grey inside, with a little grit. A light cream surface, rather burnished. Lustrous brown clay, much flaked. Tr. 2, Units 1 + 4, to 9.42 - 9.62. (26-3-37) Sh402 B.F. sherd, no figs. pres. Tr. 2, Units 9, 10, 11, lowest disturbed (27-3-37) Sh403 Hand-made. Rim of jug, projecting in front. Deep red clay, grey in core, some grits. Not burnished. Incised. With 402 Sh404 Ware like Sh 352. Bowl rim. With Sh 402 Sh 405 " " " " " Sh406. L.M. II(?) Sherd of neck + shoulder. Traces of

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White Painted (MC)

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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 (11)

  • Sh 395Sherd
  • Sh 397Sherd
  • Sh 398Edge of handle
  • Sh399Sherd
  • Sh 400Sherd
  • Sh401Sherd
  • Sh402Sherd
  • Sh403Rim of jug
  • Sh404Bowl rim
  • Sh 405Sherd
  • Sh406Sherd of neck + shoulder

Also mentionedSh245, Sh167, Sh 352, Sh 402

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