Manuscript·34 CDF art. 152-1·1969

Enkomi 1969 Inventory IH. de Contenson

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

Scan 115 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 152-1 (Enkomi 1969 Inventory I), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 152-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 63Scan 115 of 192

20.47(suite)20.47 (continued) Very thin slip, partially worn, carefully applied horizontally over the whole exterior and the interior of the rim. Matt. Blackish towards the bottom, light brown towards the top of the fragment. Shape: ovoid body with a fairly sharp shoulder. Cylindrical neck with abruptly flaring rim, with softly moulded lip. Handle of rectangular section and for profile very detached from the neck, comme in a regular curve, as in the examples of the early "base-ring I / base-ring II". Decoration: roll at the base of the neck and three incised lines before firing along the back of the handle. Decoration painted: whitish paint, thick but fragile. Where it has disappeared, in the light areas, the decoration appears in negative, dark brown. Two bands of four horizontal strokes around the neck. Another at the join neck-body. They break off vertically below the handle. From the bottom of the last, oblique bands of four parallel strokes hang down, forming chevrons. Restored.

Preserved height: 23,6 cm - Diam. neck: 5,29 cm (avg). Neck height: 12,4 cm - Diam. rim: 8,41 cm Handle section 0,19 x 0,66 cm - Wall thickness = 0,27 (avg. body)

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

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