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 325 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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apparently from his first days of studies at the Ecole Biblique et Archéologique de Jerusalem (he was returning from a visit to the site of Tell el Farah, in the company of the Père de Vaux)

Monday 16 December 1963Whole morning spent studying at the Museum (Rockefeller) of Palestine in Jerusalem (Jordan), where, thanks to the kindness of the curator, Mr Saad, alerted by the R.P. de Vaux, I was able to see not only all the vessels on display, but also the storerooms, where the sherds and complete pots are numerous, concerning all the sites with Iron I and Philistine pottery (Ain Shems, Beth Shan, Tell Duweir - Lachish, Megiddo, Tell Fara, Gezer, Tell Jemmeh, Tell es-Safi, Ascalon). This quick search in the storerooms was

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

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