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 37 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 19Scan 37 of 240

1 upper part of "spindle bottle" in red-brick lustrous pottery (not preserved) (drawing) 1 sherd of fine beige pottery with lustrous red decoration on the inside, slip (drawing) white and lustrous brown decoration on the outside (preserved) 1 sherd of fine greenish-white pottery with decoration of black parallel bands on the outside (preserved) 1 fine buff sherd with white slip outside, striated with red lines (preserved) (drawing) 1 cup handle in white pottery with brilliant brown decoration (preserved) (drawing) 1 fine beige pottery sherd with slip dark red outside (not preserved) 1 horn-like piece in cream pottery (preserved) (drawing) 1 rim of a "spindle bottle" similar to that mentioned above (preserved) (drawing)

Sherds RB II and perhaps beginning RB III, Mycenaean and associated lying on layer 8 (Floor III) which would date to c. 1450.

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

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