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 211 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 85Scan 211 of 240

1 fragment rim of large bowl similar in green pottery with black decoration exterior and interior black slip (not preserved)

Drawing: profile of a rim sherd and decorated fragment with vertical lines and motif

1 bowl sherd in fine chamois pottery with black slip interior and dark red decoration exterior (not preserved)

Drawing: sherd with horizontal and diagonal hatched lines, and curved profile

3 sherds of a bowl in chamois pottery à couverte rouge sur les 2 faces foncé (non conservés)

1 fine sherd with red slip exterior and black interior (not preserved)

1 thick sherd in cream pottery with brown decoration (not preserved)

Drawing: sherd with curved motif between vertical bands

1 jug handle in cream pottery with black decoration (not preserved)

Drawing: handle with horizontal stripes

1 jug base in beige pottery wheel-made (not preserved)

Drawing: profile/section of a vessel base

10 sherds in fairly fine fabric (not preserved) 1 jar handle with incised sign + (Inv no. 222) 1 bronze rod (Inv no. 218) 1 fragment of iron tool (Inv no. 219) 1 steatite seal (Inv no. 96) (Pt 30) 1 fragment of stylus (Inv no. 97) (Pt 30)

Pottery beginning Iron I (1200-1150) or rather intermediate Iron I (1150-1100): [illegible] the cup 220 is of Sub-Mycenaean form, the bowl 221 is of "wavy lines" type early, finer than the following.

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

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