Notebook·34 CDF art. 136-2·1963

Enkomi excavation notebook 1963, Jacques-Claude CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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Handwritten in French and German. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 251 of notebook 34 CDF art. 136-2 (Enkomi excavation notebook 1963, Jacques-Claude Courtois), handwritten in French and German. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 136-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 62Scan 251 of 380

Wednesday 16 October 1963During the morning, the rock is reached at several points in the soundings under the Sanctuary, and notably in the Cella of the ingot god, under the white base floor which rests directly on the rock, as also in tr. N-S/S.A. 1 The rock, on the contrary, is covered by a very thick layer of ash, dating from the end of the Bronze Age, throughout the western part of the Hall and mainly around and under the altars 1 and 2 . Altar 2 , h. of 0 m 80, rests in the grey layer with numerous charcoal and pottery fragments Mycenaean III B ? ; of fairly fine workmanship: Shortly before the end of the morning, Katerina Ko uncovered a bovid head, at = 1424 = 1331

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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