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 53 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 25Scan 53 of 208

*Monday 6 November 1967Return of fine weather after rainy weeks. Sector 102 E, pt. 1598 at - 0m 50 outcrop of rim of buried pithos = Painted vessel wedged by stones krateroid with two handles. Sector 105 E, corner of room cf. drawing and photographs formed by two fine ashlar walls.

Sector 108/109 E 1 floor white granular the first encountered below the present surface at 0m 35 depth, sloping towards the west, i.e. towards group 1597 with the terracotta bull, with loom weights (drawing).

In the sectors currently in progress of excavation in the East trench, one counts no fewer than 21 wells (cf. survey by J. P. Nicolardot). Sector 103 E, pt 1599 bronze arrowhead at 0,90

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

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