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 323 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.

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M Karageorghis, on the occasion of the visit of James Mellaart to Cyprus, we quickly visit the excavations of Enkomi before sunset.

Saturday 14 DecemberDeparture from Enkomi after lunch. Afternoon, at the Museum, with Messrs Vassos Karageorghis and K. Nicolaou. In the evening, dinner kindly offered by them before my departure.

Sunday 15 DecemberI leave Nicosia at 8h in the morning (kindly driven to the airport by W. Johnstone) for JERUSALEM, via Beirut, where I send a suitcase by freight to Paris. Lunch in Beirut with Miss H. Frost, returning from Syria; dinner at Jerusalem with Jacques Lagarce, very satisfied

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

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