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 67 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 31Scan 67 of 214

Saturday 2 October 1965Numerous important observations during this morning (marked at 8h 30 by the departure of Mr and Mrs Johnstone): – In hall 1346, we reach the layers of Middle Cypriot III, below those of Late Cypriot I and II (sherds base-ring, then fragments of red-on- black and of jugs white-painted, between 1 m 60 and 1 m 80 deep.

– In the sounding carried out north of the boss of the large monolith E–W of the "threshold" of the West Door, we bring to light the foundations, on either side of what was the sewer or drainage channel of waste water from the area of the 5th Street : the stratigraphy of the beds successive, of sand and clay haves

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

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