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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 25 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 13Scan 25 of 240

1 sherd of white hand-made pottery (drawing) with black decoration of parallel and wavy lines (not kept)

1 bowl rim, similar pottery (drawing) (not kept)

1 sherd of soft greenish pottery with black glossy exterior slip (not kept) 1 sherd of greenish gritty pottery with (drawing) blackish decoration (not kept) 6 "red on black" sherds (not kept) 1 "red on red" sherd (not kept) 1 fine "base ring" handle fragment (drawing) (not kept)

1 similar handle (not kept) 4 similar bowl rims (not kept) 6 everted rims of fine "base ring" bowls (drawing) (not kept) Numerous small fragments of similar bowls

Sherds of MB III and RB I, but more de cette numerous of this last period, on the rock (1700-1450)

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

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