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 187 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 91Scan 187 of 214

Friday 29 October 1965Under the large perforated block used to tie up the animals for sacrifice, we uncover a fine group of painted vessels of Late Bronze, in the layer lying between 27 and 38 cm depth below the base level of the said perforated block.

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing a large hatched rectangular block at top, another rectangular block to the right, horizontal layers below, profiles of two vessels on a lower level, and bedrock at bottom left; labels: "SOL" blc 1/2 brun-rouge; couche noirâtre affaissée; cendres noires; 1424; SOL brûlé portant vases brisés sur place + crâne taureau 1963 + pithos ondé; ROC

= pt. top. 1424 very important for the fine painted Cypro-Mycenaean pottery (from around the middle of the 13th c.).

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

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