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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 139 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 48Scan 139 of 240

1 bowl rim of fine ware with black decoration (drawing) (conservé)

1 jar base of fine ware with white slip, painting white red at the base (drawing) (conservée)

1 rim of slightly carinated cup white slip, brown and black decoration (drawing) flaring rim (conservée)

1 rim of cup similar to pottery fine buff, dark red decoration (drawing) (conservé)

4 similar rims, white pottery (non conservés) coarser

1 rim of cup with handle, cream pottery, black decoration (conservée) (drawing)

1 tongue handle in fine cream pottery with 2 deep grooves on (drawing) each face (conservée)

1 fragment of jug handle, Base-ring black pottery with incisions. (drawing) (non conservée)

2 fragments of bowl handles, "base ring" (non conservés) 1 fragment of base, "base ring" (non conservé) 1 fragment of base, fine ware with black decoration of vertical lines (drawing) (conservé)

50 fine sherds with concentric decoration (non conservés)

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

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