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 57 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 28Scan 57 of 122

Room B

Wall (3) is of the same construction as the preceding one. large rubble stones, 0,60 wide. (top at c. 1,05) plus mud-bricks coated on both sides, here well preserved, with a thick (c. 4 cm) white lime plaster. It can clearly be seen that the plaster covered the rubble wall too. (wall (2) N side) The present top des of these brick walls is at 0,55.

vertical line spanning 4 linesAn old excavation (pit) is emptied drained in the SW corner of the room formed by these walls. In it is found the rock, forming here a cavity, at ~ 3,10. Over the whole extent of this room one leaves stops at the level of the Floor IV. here at 1,30. At this level the plaster also begins on the rubble wall with bricks on top. The raising in bricks and the plaster therefore go

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

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