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 79 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 39Scan 79 of 92

In the rooms to the west of the house with the bronze knives, the floor IV is at the level of the door threshold, at -1m60 whereas the fine white floor is twenty centimetres lower, at - 1m 80. The observation holds for the four rooms stretching along the western wall of the house; the wall itself being preserved to a total height of 1m 60 (five courses)

The brown NS mud-brick wall (eight courses) discovered in 1966 still measures 1m 30 in height, of which 80 cm is mud-brick and 50 cm foundation in rubble stone. On the floor adjoining this NS wall, uncovered day of a group of Iron I sherds, painted; sherd decorated with a bird, greyish-green earth, paint largely flaked; spindle whorl, earth fired, incised; bone stylus, associated.

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

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