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 41 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 19Scan 41 of 96

Circular well cut into the rock situated 4 m 70 south of the monolithic channel pt 1912, having yielded a dozen of bowls in "wavy line" style, homogeneous, down to a depth of 2 m 30 below the rocky rim, which is only at 1 m 30 below the present surface!

Length of the channel = 1 m 30

The large enigmatic pit with slab \* false door of tomb, is excavated until the end of the day this Monday 17 November, without positive result, fill sterile practically. The excavation is therefore stopped there on Tuesday morning. In the new trench, east of the tablet area, the rock is reached everywhere the rock, sectors 108 to 110, where it dips towards the south (unexcavated area)

\* 85 × 83 × 7 cm

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

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