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 41 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 20Scan 41 of 92

Tuesday 18 November 1969Last day of excavations of the XX_th Campaign. The rock is reached in the various sectors of the second trench, running along the flank west of the N-S street, including at the bottom of three "pits" and of two silos. In the new trench, several stone blocks, some with flat tops, are uncovered, but they do not delimit the east edge of the street.

Sector 103, immediately to the west and at a lower level than the N-S axial Street, the floor white of the beginning of Cypriot Iron I is found at 0 m 70 below the most recent floor of the Ch. Fer I (= last surface of use of the Street). In the thick fill of 0 m 70, no discernible stratigraphy: earth greyish and small pebbles.

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

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