Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-1b·1966

Enkomi 1966 notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois and Aegean Islands 1966 notebook of Jacques-Claude CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 155 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-1b (Enkomi 1966 notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois and Aegean Islands 1966 notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Page 19Scan 155 of 184

As for the large figurines of painted bulls, made on the wheel, what of these that is on display irresistibly recalls the morphology and technique of the centaurs two-headed from Enkomi (details of the legs, painted décor, very faded,): XIth-VIIth c. according to labels

On the other hand, the two kernoi ring-shaped, also on display, date from the VIIth or VIth century, like the vast majority of the bronze finds from the sanctuary of Hera (hundreds of very remarkable griffin protomes Vi 13-14-15, wheels, vessel handles and bronze vessels, fibulae, pins, and statuettes of all kinds Greek archaic, orientalizing, Egyptianor Egyptianizing.

Among the stone sculptures, several of Cypriot origin (Archaic period). Among the carved ivories, exempl. Syrian? (VIIth c.)

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

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