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 67 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 32Scan 67 of 96

Wednesday 28 October 1970The large built well with top formed of large stones of which three still survive, flush with the level of floor III (reached in this zone at the end of the 1966 campaign) presents a rather original shape, with mean diameter varying from 0m70 to 0 80 at the opening. Excavated only to 2m in depth , yielding only fine brown earth , without pottery sherds - Widening on descending, the diameter at -2m00 below the stones of the threshold is 1m05.

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

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