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 43 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 19Scan 43 of 214

Saturday 25 September 1965From the beginning of the morning, one uncovers new stone slabs, forming part of the complex, still undetermined, of the West Gate; these slabs show traces of wear, and this could indicate the threshold proper, at a given period, of the Late Bronze or the very beginning of Cypriot Iron I; These slabs, situated east of block N 1, lie at a depth of 1,50 cm, and at 30/35 cm below the level of the street paved with sherds Pr. WPW. called of topographic point 1344, extending to the west of N 1 and to the north of the large block S.W., of the offset of the enclosure wall wall.

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

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