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 59 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 415Ware like Sh 352. Frag. from base of neck. With Sh 414
Sh 416R.P. Vertical handle to rim. Crude ware. Trench 7.
Sh 417LH III (?) Pale warm clay, pale greenish surface.
clay soft. Matt brown-grey paint. Part of figure
representation? Tr. 4, ext. 9/1-4-37. 10.08 - 10.55 (2-4-37)
Sh 418Ware VII. Bowl rim. Sandy red-brown clay + surface. With Sh 417
Sh 419" " " " " " " " "
Sh 420Burnished. Med. light grey brown clay with some med.-fine
sand. Ridge on surface; burnished. With Sh 417
Sh 421Burnished. Bowl base. Very hard rich clay, warm
light brown; \Med-\ light brown + grey surface, highly burnished. With Sh 417
Sh 422Burnished (Similar to 421, but darker red brown clay
with some dark sand. Grey-brown surface. With Sh 417.
Sh 423B.F. Sherd with parts of figs. Incisions, miltos. Rather
soft ware. Tr. 1, N.East ext., Top soil (March 1937)
Sh 424L.M.II (?). Warm light brown clay; leather burnish.
Lustrous "Myc-red" paint. Tr. 9, Unplowed top-soil. (13-4-37)
Sh 425Glass. Frag of bowl rim. Crackled effect apparently
intentional. Thickness 0.006. Tr. 3, Easternmost
extension, outside wall. To level of rock. (Spring, 1937)

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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 415Sherd
  • Sh 416Sherd
  • Sh 417Sherd
  • Sh 418Bowl rim
  • Sh 419Sherd
  • Sh 420Sherd
  • Sh 421Bowl base
  • Sh 422Sherd
  • Sh 423Sherd
  • Sh 424Sherd
  • Sh 425Glass bowl rim fragment

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