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 129 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.

Page 43Scan 129 of 240

1 loom weight (Inv no. 5) 1 rim of "milk bowl" with simple decoration (not kept)

Drawing: rim decorative motif with horizontal lines, wavy line and vertical strokes

1 rim of "spindle bottle" in orange pottery (not kept)

Drawing: rim and upper neck of a bottle

1 vessel fragment in yellowish pottery with painted decoration of black parallel lines, of good workmanship (not kept) | Sherds RB II-III (1400-1200) sherds d

- Layer 1 bis [floor] and 1 handles and rims of bowls, type "wavy lines" in yellow or buff pottery (not kept

Drawing: handle and rim profile of a bowl

1 flattened and polished pebble (Inv no. 3) 1 pestle or grinder in basalt (Inv no. 2) | Sherds Iron I (1200-1050)

In trench III, 2 floors: one of RB II-III the other of Iron I -

Trench V - (see p. 69) - Layer 3, pt 2 Fragments of pithoi with band in relief covered with incisions, of several types buff gritty pottery, sometimes with cream slip (not kept)

Drawing: three pairs of front views of incised relief bands and their cross-sections

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

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