Manuscript·34 CDF art. 150-1·1965–1967

Enkomi inventory 65, 66 and 67, 17th, 18th and 19th seasonsH. de Contenson

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

Scan 229 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 150-1 (Enkomi inventory 65, 66 and 67, 17th, 18th and 19th seasons), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 150-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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19.119ENK. 675 EWell 2121670[Restored at the R.G.Z.M.by MainzWith sword no. : 1… Weight (?) in bronze, provided with a handle. Hollow object, in the form of an inverted truncated cone, with flat lower face pierced by a large opening, upper face convex, pierced at the centre (drawing) with a small hole surrounded.] by a relief spiral. On either side are attached semicircular loops, vertical, of circular section, to which is attached the handle, formed of a rod of circular section, thinned at the ends and curved into elongated closed loops. The handle itself is in the form of a horseshoe arch. The lateral wall of the object is pierced with three holes surrounded by a relief spirals, as is found at the centre of the upper face. Moreover, the lateral wall is decorated with motifs in low relief, barely legible = dog ? running towards the left behind a quadruped, 3 quadrupeds at rest, the first horned (?) the third grazing (?), 1 quadruped in a more animated posture, finally another at rest, grazing (?). The holes with relief spirals are arranged without regard to the quadrupeds, and therefore visibly

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

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