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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 63 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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Tuesday 27 October 1970In the room east of the fine well, one collects a considerable quantity of sherds of pottery of the type Mycenaean III C 1 in the thick layer of grey ash pt. top. 1965, at - 1 m 50 / 1 m 60.

At the bottom of the trench NS, one reaches the strata of Late Bronze 1 and 2 (bicoloured sherd with the so-called "Union Jack" motif; small vase of Early Mycenaean, biconical shape, pt. 1963 at - 1 m 70 -

In the room with the bronze knife 1966, the enlèvement of the six Canaanite jars entails the uncovering of two dozen discs in unfired clay, (drawing) with central perforation, pt. 1964, all well dated by a rim of bowl of Early "wavy line" type.

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

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