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 57 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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At the base of a "wavy line" period wall, E-W in rubble, and against the fine N-S wall, discovery of a long bronze knife with curved blade and ivory handle with annular end; three bronze rivets hold the ivory of the handle on the tang. The total length is 25 cm. The object has unfortunately been broken into three pieces. cf. p. 37 = 1951 at - 1 m 25. Associated sherds = rims of bowls of the Close Style or Mycenaean III C 1, recovered a few centimetres to the south _

In the morning of Saturday 24 October, one continues the stripping of the old floors of the Cypriote Iron I ( floor IV ) in the "rooms" which surround the house with the knives in bronze. Few or no ashes here, by contrast with what is observed elsewhere, and in the same quarter 6 W.

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

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