Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-1a·1966

Enkomi excavation notebook, 1966, CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 105 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-1a (Enkomi excavation notebook, 1966, Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-1a, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 52Scan 105 of 122

Tuesday 8 November 1966Sky overcast and threatening rain from the west at 7h in the morning. The clearing in the S-W room of house 286 confirms 1°/ the existence of the _hearth square_ set against the partition wall, immediately to the South of the large inverted vase, 75 cm diam. whose rim rests on 3 cm of ash on the white floor IV. The well is 75 cm diam. and dates to the Late Bronze. ↓

Drawing: plan showing a double circle at top left, a rectangular feature beside it, a circle with radiating lines at top right, a row of six elongated stones across the middle, and a large circle at bottom; labels: * Animal t.c.; Grand VASE RETOURNE diam 75; FOYER plein cendres grises; PUITS ⌀ 75 cm; s/ SOL BLANC IV; PUITS - 3 m; * Rocher = à - 2m 70 sous sommet Mur en pierres de taille

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

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