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 231 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 95Scan 231 of 240

1 fragment of krater in gritty pottery beige with blackish decoration (not preserved)

Drawing: diamond-shaped sherd with painted bands and section profile

1 fragment of large vessel, similar pottery white slip, lines bands painted parallel in bright red (not preserved)

Drawing: sherd with three horizontal hatched bands

1 fragment, base of cup in pottery fine buff with concentric lines in bright red (not preserved) 1 sherd of gritty greenish pottery with coarse incised lines (not preserved)

Drawing: triangular sherd with incised lines

Sherds RB [illegible] III, advanced Mycenaean

_ Layers 6 and 7 1 jar sherd in greenish pottery with brown decoration in a careless style parallel lines framing wavy lines (preserved)

Drawing: polygonal sherd with wavy and horizontal bands, and section profile

1 bowl rim in white pottery fine, with matt brown-black decoration and 1 other fragment (preserved)

Drawing: rim sherd with floral/curved motif and horizontal bands, and rim section profile

2 chips "milk bowl" (not preserved) 1 handle fragment in brick red (not preserved) with longitudinal grooves

Drawing: handle fragment with longitudinal grooves and cross-section

1 sherd of thick gritty pottery with cream slip and parallel red lines (not preserved)

Drawing: sherd with two curved hatched bands

1 krater rim in greenish pottery with brown decoration (not preserved)

Drawing: T-shaped rim section profile

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

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