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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 9 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 5Scan 9 of 240

1 base, whitish pottery with spiral dark red painted on the base (drawing) (not preserved)

1 cup rim with lug (drawing) chamois pottery, brown paint (not preserved) 1 cup rim, grey pottery, (drawing) black paint inside, grooves outside (not preserved)

Sherds Iron I early and intermediate
Layers 1 and 2 (1200-1050)

2 sherds - Layers 1 and 2 2 sherds of a "bucchero" pottery vessel brown with black slip, degenerate type, (drawing) fluting (not preserved) Numerous fragments of a vessel brick red with yellow slip and (drawing) incised decoration; handles with thumb rest (not preserved)

Sherds late Iron I and perhaps
even later

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

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