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 60 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 -59-Scan 60 of 62

Bamboula

Sh426LMIII. Rim of large pot. Firm light greenish clay with
some fine sand. Lustrous olive to dark grey paint. With Sh 425
Sh 427LMII(?) Sherd from neck-base. Warm brown clay,
deep cream surface. Rustcoloured mattish paint. With Sh 425
Sh 428R.P. (III?) Neck with pierced string-holes. Hard grey clay with
white particles. Warm brown surface; thin red slip. With Sh 425

Sh 429 | L.H. III. Warm light brown clay, yellow-grey in core (where thickest. Leather burnish. Lustrous brown-black paint, flaked. Tr.7, outside wall, below 0.90. (23.3.37)

Sh 430Wheel-made, painted, like Sh 165, but softer clay. Tr. 4,
S.ext. (Unit 8), surface to 9.00-9.40
Sh 431White slip. Paint almost all gone. Low profile. With Sh 430
Sh 432-433Neolithic, like Sh 267. Bamboula, tot 276, surface
Sh 434Neolithic (?) Heavy ware, burnished. Tr. 5, upper,
surface to tumble. (18-3-37)
Sh 435White Slip ware. Frag. from shoulder of jug. With Sh 434
Sh 436"Burnished slip ware". Frag. from base of pithos
neck. Tr. 2, East extension. Intrusions. (13-5-37)
Sh 437Plain ware, handmade (?). Frag. of bowl with
lug handle. With Sh 436.

Left page

LC III dec.Cf. 165

Margin left: cf. sherd 64

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)

  • Sh426Rim of large pot
  • Sh 427Sherd from neck-base
  • Sh 428Neck with pierced string-holes
  • Sh 429L.H. III. Warm light brown clay, yellow-grey in core (where
  • Sh 430Wheel-made, painted, like Sh 165, but softer clay.
  • Sh 431White slip. Paint almost all gone. Low profile. With Sh 430
  • Sh 432-433Neolithic, like Sh 267. Bamboula, tot 276, surface
  • Sh 434Neolithic (?) Heavy ware, burnished. Tr. 5, upper, surface t
  • Sh 435Jug shoulder fragment
  • Sh 436Pithos neck fragment
  • Sh 437Bowl fragment with lug handle

Also mentionedSh 425, Sh 165, Sh 267, Sh 436

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