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 9 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 3Scan 9 of 96

Wednesday 5 November 1969The number of workmen continues to grow: we count 17 pick-men and 37 women The trench is thus entirely occupied, and we are at roughly the same level everywhere at a depth of 0 m 30, at the end of the morning

Pt. [1878], at -0 m 40, sector 4 (7 W), a clay ball inscribed reddish-brown, in the brown earth.

Pt. [1879] at -0 m 40, sector 2 (7 W) a lead earring, with a series of broken wavy-line type pottery, a large disc-ring in stone, and various traces and pieces of animal bone against a concreted area adjoining the southern limit of street no.6. At least three wavy line bowls are counted, and a jar in red earth -

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

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