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 31 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.

Page 15Scan 31 of 92

vertical red linesFriday 14 November 1969Point 1908 = jar in situ on floor II square 103, at -0 m 40 (photographs) then stripping of floors II and III, same square and square 104/105, continuation of the house with the fine white floors (workshop). - Rectification of the faces of baulks and of the trench edges, clearly bringing out the rapidly decreasing thickness of the stratified grey alluvial deposits of the N-S street, which practically disappears beyond square 107, towards the south. In the pit cut into the rock, to the south of the tablet area, uncovered a hexagonal slab leaning vertically against the fairly soft wall of the subsoil rock. Photographs early in the afternoon in the presence of the French ambassador and his wife, who came to Enkomi shortly after 11 o'clock. Removal of the slab yielded nothing. ? ne montre rlen ola pit cut in the excavation.

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

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