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 9 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 4Scan 9 of 92

Thursday 6 November 1969The morning is marked by the uncovering of the same floor, in several sectors simultaneously, notably 4 to 6, floor of beaten earth, with remains of burnt slabs and a series of stones which had been used, judging by their worn surface. It is a workshop of Cypriot Iron I, with rather crude walls, in rubble of fairly variable module Floor and walls are in perfect connection, especially in sector 4, where small fragments of bronze are uncovered, pt. top. 1883 at the foot of the west wall, on the floor itself, at - 0 m 70 depth = (silk knife) Sector 5, pt. 1884, biconical bead in steatite, at 0 m 70, on the same floor with the stones of the workshop. In the neighbouring pit fragment of flat bronze axe (drawing) pt. top. 1885, at - 1 m 10 level (pit)

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

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