Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-8·1969

Enkomi excavation notebook, 1969, 20th season, CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 17 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-8 (Enkomi excavation notebook, 1969, 20th season, Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-8, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 7Scan 17 of 96

Silo or Well, pt. 1892, at - 1 m 40, cloudy and small terracotta pot, in earth grey fill with numerous fragments of charcoal.

Saturday 8 November 1969 Sector 6, pt. 1893, at 1 m 40, arrowhead in bronze, l. 6 cm 3, in a small pit surrounded by stone. (drawing)

Sector 9, at - 0 m 98 depth on the rock, and in the middle of the presumed location of the 7th transverse street of Enkomi, discovery of a large rectangular tablet, incomplete 11 cm 2 x 10 x 2 cm, covered with signs (= pt. top. 1894) in close lines on the one face, with a vertical column of separation - The other face is perhaps inscribed also, but this is not detectable before cleaning with acid. Numerous photographs by J-P. Nicolardot. The location is situated at 30 metres south of the 6th street.

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

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