Manuscript·34 CDF art. 149·1963

Enkomi 1963 Inventory, XVIth seasonH. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 78 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 149 (Enkomi 1963 Inventory, XVIth season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 149, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 36Scan 78 of 134

Sanctuary Hall North 194816.104[?16.105Large krater with four handles (two whose existence can be restored, are missing), very incomplete, in terracotta, pinkish ochre to beige on surface; wide flat rim and rich painted decoration between two groups of relief-moulded ribs, two parallel horizontal ones below the handles, one horizontal below the handles and 6,5 cm below the rim. The handles shouldhave measured 20 cm high, the support] several painted panels, (head protome sucré painted) in violet-brown, matt: Remarkable bird walking, stylised; drawing with a bow a bird of the species "of bird, all very widely spaced. Eye of bird in radiating line. The chequerboard motifs and wavy lines neighbouring, as the alternations of semicircles concentric with lashes (drawing) are found againassociated on this vessel, unique, so the rim diameter reaches 64 cm. Th. avg. wall: 1 cm 5; present h. preserved: 41 cm. H. of ridge: 10 cm.

[sketch: profile of rim and handle; labels: wide rim]

Margin right: 16.106

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

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