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 9 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 69 | LHIII sherd of deep pot with slightly overhanging rim. Clay light grey to pink to white. Surface very pale + softish. Paint ochre to black, nearly matt. Mended. Stained. Bamboula, Tr. 2, Unit 5, (mended) 8.73 - 8.95 9.05 (20-3-37)

Sh 70Sherd of bell shaped bowl. Kaloriziki style.
Bam., Tr. 2, Unit 8 E, 10.4910.56 } - 10.5410.64 another piece from Unit 19, to 10.60 (24-4-37) (10-5-37)

Sh 71 | [mended] Sherd of deep bowl like P 194. Hard sandy clay. Another sherd Unit 13, 10.20-10.40} undisturbed Apparently burnt. Found with Sh 70

Sh 72Ware III (?) Grey clay with darker + white particles
Flaring rim. Bamb., Tr. 2, Unit 25B 10.32} 10.67 } 10.43 10.77 (5-5-37

Sh 73 | LHIII C (granary style) Sherd from bell-shaped bowl. Grey-green clay with brown (stone?) particles. Impervious looking. Plain. Found with Sh 72.

Sh 74 | Frag. of handle zone of amphora. W. I. Greenish clay, soft, with fine sand. Dark grey paint, shading to reddish; largely flaked. Kaloriziki style. Bamboula, Tr. 2, Unit 19^(D) (E) possibly disturbed area (13-4-37)

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 69Sherd of deep pot
  • Sh 70Sherd of bell shaped bowl
  • Sh 71Sherd of deep bowl
  • Sh 72Flaring rim sherd
  • Sh 73Sherd from bell-shaped bowl
  • Sh 74Frag. of handle zone of amphora

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