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 69 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.

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studded with fragments of charcoal is very legible and corresponding to the whole of the Late Bronze, over 1 m thick. At the base of the drain, a stone layer uncovered, preventing digging lower. The rubble wall, bordering this channel to the North, rests on fairly large blocks of foundation; this wall also marks the southern limit of the Stratified Street of Cypriot Iron I, cleared by strata in the preceding days:

Drawing: cross-section of a channel between stacked stones on the left and a large hatched block on the right, with curved strata lines between them; labels: STREET; SECTION of the CANAL; Konnos; sable; Large bossed block

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

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