Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-5a·1967–1971

Enkomi 1967–1971, 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 101 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-5a (Enkomi 1967–1971, notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-5a, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 49Scan 101 of 208

Thursday 16 November 1967Square 208 E, walls and foundations in rubble, at several levels, difficult to date, and going back to an early phase of the Late Bronze.

Squares 203 + 204 E, floor IV burnt, décleared over a large area, at - 1 m 10 from average depth. Thirty-five centimetres below, discovery of a (well) sump ? built of masonry, largely covered by a slab, and practically empty, as a consequence (Late Bronze) So in this square we have floor II with incised limestone trough + plain ware krater forming a mosaic of sherds, floor IV burnt, with very rare sherds of fine bowls with light slip ("Mycén. III C 1", Tarsus type) the layers V and VI, with the well, blocked at the end of the Bronze Age.

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

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