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 17 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 6Scan 17 of 214

Friday 17 September 1965We continue clearing the blocking of rubble, horizontal, in which the alignment detected the day before is confirmed. The area of blocking measures 1 m 90 in average width, and is cleared over more than 10 metres in length. Towards the South, one notes an interruption in this blocking, and an course ? of red and greenish bricks, alternating, it seems, but not necessarily in position. In the North area, one reaches overall 1 metre in depth. The sherds of common pottery, reddish, make their appearance.

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

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