Notebook·34 CDF art. 134-2a·1965

Enkomi 1965 Excavation Notebook, 17th SeasonJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 107 of notebook 34 CDF art. 134-2a (Enkomi 1965 Excavation Notebook, 17th Season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 134-2a, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 51Scan 107 of 214

4 E and 5 E

Wednesday 13 October 1965Resumed excavation at 6h 30, the sun having returned. The essentials of the excavation now take place over the whole of trench 6.17 to 6.27 E; north of street no. 4, one finds everywhere at 0 m 10 below the present surface; in the trench south of the same street no. 4, one finds on average at 1 metre in depth except in the places where the "pits" draw us deeper (zone 6.25 E for example)

Pt 1379, painted sherds stratified, in two distinct layers of ash (Iron I and Close Style) * Zone 6.24 E, Pt 1380, large bronze nail caught between the layers of raw red brick

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

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