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 25 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 11Scan 25 of 96

Wednesday 12 November 1969

In the area devoid of remains of habitation to the south of the location of the tablet a concreted "band" is uncovered slightly convex, straight but not aligned to the plan of the town: the band ( edge of basin or channel? ) is oriented W.-S.-W. / E.-N.-E.

In sector 4, uncovered a good number of painted sherds of Middle Bronze III in a rock excavation, below the layer of Late Bronze characterised by fragments of milk bowls

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

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