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 117 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 64Scan 117 of 192

20.48Neck of jug in "base ring II" potteryT. 1907
Light red fired earth with(under street no. 2)
grey core, grey surfaceEast Chamber
in places, fine, hard,Sherd no. 35
fairly heavy, fairly ringing,and sherd of
with few porositiesnorthern half.
but fairly large. Temper
visible: white grains, small to medium, and
dark grains (red and black) small to medium.
Surface with rare burst holes.
General appearance carelessly made: neck deformed, join
neck-body poorly smoothed inside, crazed.
Handmade. Neck scraped vertically.
Neck-handle join roughly regularised.
Slip very thin, carelessly applied,
on the outside of the vessel and the inside of the rim.
Surface of the vessel completely flaked over a large
area. Slip black on the back, red-brown and
red towards the front. Matt.
Shape: rounded shoulder, neck an irregular cylinder,
rim slightly flared, lip slightly moulded.
Handle wide, almost perpendicular, at the bottom of the upper third
of the neck, and attached to the shoulder through a hole.
Section rectangular with convex outer side.

Drawing: profile of a jug neck and handle with horizontal bands on the neck and hatched section at the base of the handle

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

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