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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 3 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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J-C. COURTOIS

ENKOMi 1969

XXE CAMPAIGN

Arrival of the Mission, 1st November . Installation on 2 November, at Enkomi-Alasia . Opening of the area on Monday 3 November , at 6h30 in the morning: along the North-South axis , sectors 7 W and 8 W , to the west of the area called of the House of the Bronzes . - Difficulties in hiring : at the beginning of the morning , only two pickmen and about fifteen women are counted , who are employed to weed the area of the site and its surroundings . - At the end of the day, uncovering of a head of a painted bull in terracotta (H. Zumstein) topographic point 1876 at - 0 m 95 in a fairly charcoal-rich context , of Cypriot Iron I .

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

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