Notebook·34 CDF art. 139-1·1969–1970

Enkomi 69 and 70, notebook of CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 11 of notebook 34 CDF art. 139-1 (Enkomi 69 and 70, notebook of Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 139-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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In the pit, sector 3, a boule ins- crite in terracotta, pt. top. 1886, at approximately 1 m depth, in a large pit.

A third boule inscrite is uncovered on the 2nd floor, intact : at - 0 m 70 depth , pt. top. 1887 Iron I level In sectors 4 to 6 The stratigraphy of the floors is clarified in the course of the day: floor I, in beaten earth, lies at - 0 m 35 ; floor II at - 0 m 70 average depth ; it is greyish white, thin and friable ; floor III, thicker, lies at - 0 m 95 or - 1 m 00, depending on the places, i.e. 65 cm below the level of the first identifiable floor (floor I). On floor II, a loom weight of terracotta, of classic usual truncated conical form

Drawing: drawing of a truncated pyramidal object with a perforation near the top

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

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