Notebook·34 CDF art. 146-4·1958

Enkomi excavation notebook 1958: continued study of the finds from the 1958 magnetic soundingsH. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 121 of notebook 34 CDF art. 146-4 (Enkomi excavation notebook 1958: continued study of the finds from the 1958 magnetic soundings), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 146-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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15/10/58to 18/10/58 - Study of the material from the magnetic soundings - the material is studied in chronological order, from the virgin soil to the surface. For details of the stratigraphy, refer to the earlier notes.

Trench O - (see p. 66-67) - Layer 2 1 bowl rim "red on black", worn (not kept) 1 handle fragment with rectangular profile and stripes of red paint - (not kept) | M.B. III sherds, recovered isolated au | in contact with the virgin soil

1 krater rim in yellowish pottery brown spiral decoration (kept)

Drawing: rim sherd with profile and spiral decoration

1 krater rim in yellowish pottery black painted decoration (kept)

Drawing: rim sherd with profile and vertical herringbone and scalloped decoration

1 fragment of painted vessel in fine buff well-smoothed pottery; dark brown paint (kept)

Drawing: decorated body sherd with wavy lines and bands

1 fragment of painted vessel in fine buff pottery with yellowish slip; concentric brown lines (not kept)

1 flaring bowl rim, fine pottery beige; parallel brown lines dark (not kept)

Drawing: profile of a flaring rim with horizontal lines

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

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