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 23 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 12Scan 23 of 240

– Pt 197 1 gold ring (Inv No 115) 1 krater base in fine chamois pottery with dark red parallel-line decoration interior and exterior (not preserved)

Drawing: profile and exterior view of a vessel base with hatched bands

Final RB III sherd, caught in the floor which would date to c. 1225 (Floor II)

– Well and layer on the rock 4 fragments of standard "milk bowl" bowls (not preserved) 1 handle of standard "milk bowl" (not preserved)

Drawing: wishbone handle with painted stripes

2 sherds of fine yellowish pottery with line decoration parallel lines in lustrous black Mycenaean (not preserved) 3 similar undecorated sherds (not preserved) 1 upper part of a "spindle bottle"

Drawing: top view and profile of a bottle rim and neck

in fine red lustrous pottery (not preserved) 7 sherds of large "base ring" bowls with thick walls (not preserved) RB II sherds, Mycenaean and associated pottery. Under the floor of Pt 197 (Floor II).

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

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