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 135 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 46Scan 135 of 240

Trench VI - (see pp. 85 to 87) - Layer 4. 1°/ Cavities in the virgin soil: 1 painted sherd in fine buff pottery (drawing) dark red lustrous decoration (kept)

1 sherd in fine buff pottery (drawing) brown painted decoration (not kept)

1 sherd in fine beige pottery (drawing) brown painted decoration (kept)

1 handle fragment in buff pottery (drawing) with yellowish slip, brown decoration (kept)

1 handle fragment in fine buff pottery (drawing) red lustrous slip, upper part (kept)

2 sherds with red lustrous slip (not kept)

1 fairly thick "base ring" rim (not kept)

1 sherd with black slip (not kept) 1 thick sherd in coarse gritty pottery (drawing) broad bands of red lustre (kept) 6 miscellaneous sherds in gritty pottery, decorated with lines concentric red (1 only kept) 1 handle fragment with rectangular section (drawing) in well-fired beige pottery with black slip (not kept)

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

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