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 73 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 35Scan 73 of 96

Saturday 31 October 1970Completion of the excavation in the area of the house with the bronze knives. Section of the baulk against the west face of N-S wall in very large rubble core

Drawing: stratigraphic section with vertical row of stones on the left, horizontal floor lines and bottom stones; labels: surface; S; SOL I - 0 m 20; N; N; ---- tessons; II; Sol terre battue + tessons = plat II 0 m 60; III; Sol terre battue, brûlé III 0 m 85; brique rouge écrasée et grains blancs (IV); V; cendres; Sol blanc 1 m 40; pelling; Sol VI

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

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