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 73 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 34Scan 73 of 214

From this morning on, I am alone in charge of the supervision of the whole area. Important observations in the sounding carried out at the east foot of the large block W of the south corner of the West Gate: under the foundations and under the konnos of Late Bronze, one meets towards 9 h a bed of sherds forming paving and going back to Middle Cypriot in a homogeneous manner: this mosaic of sherds includes practically all the types of White-Painted, of Red-Slip and of Red-on-Red / Black, and lies at 0 m 65 below the level of the base of the large monolithic block, the level of L.C. 1 (thin "floor" grey white) lying at 0,40 below base of the block, or 25 cm above the paved floor of Middle Bronze sherds, pt. top. 1363

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

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