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 27 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 11Scan 27 of 214

Tuesday 21 September 1965From the beginning of the morning, several interesting observations: 1°/ Confirmation of the existence of the two Iron I levels, in the North trench, a bed of ash black, lying 45 cm below the hearth uncovered the day before

2°/ Discovery and stripping of the surface of grey "paved" sherds of pottery and varied bones, from the end of Street E-W no. 5, level I, between the blocks of the enceinte at the point of the offset corresponding to the West door.

3°/ Charred beam caught in the mudbrick half-fired by the fire,

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

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