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 49 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.

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IIe Section: Centre

A/ Ptt 212 (looted tomb) Ivory and gold (Inv no. 149, 150) 1 half of a cup in pottery brown, with straight rim, decoration of parallels and a spiral in bright red (drawn) (drawing) 1 half of a hemispherical bowl brown pottery (drawn) (drawing) 1 krater sherd, fine pottery buff, white slip and bright red decoration (drawn) (drawing)

Probable date: end of RB III (1225-1200)

B/ Region of Pts 199 and 200 x (see p. 28) - Layers 3 and 4 Fragments of upper part of a bowl "wavy lines" early, in fine pottery beige with brown decoration, thin walls (drawing) (not preserved)

Iron I early or intermediate phase (1200-1100) for layer 4 (Floor I)

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

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