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 121 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 66Scan 121 of 192

20.49Base of a ceramic jug "base ring II".T. 1907
Light red terracotta,(under wall no. 2)
fine, fairly soft, slightlyEast chamber
resonant, slightly porous. (drawing)130
Seems very underfired.
Visible temper: small to fairly
large red grains, not very abundant. Small holes in the
surface fairly abundant, rarely burst (and
only where the slip is dark).
Interior surface very well smoothed with water, with
leather-like, slightly lustrous appearance. Exterior surface
also.
Hand-made. Wall very thin, regular.
Slip very thin, carefully applied with the
brush, horizontally. Slightly lustrous.
Covers the whole exterior. Leather (brown) light on one
side and under the foot, red-brown to black-brown
on the other side. Transition between from one colour to
the other abrupt.
Ring base flared, low, thick,
with thickened but unmoulded rim, joined by a tight curve
at the start of an ovoid-looking body.
Decoration in thin whitish paint,
faded, especially on the light parts. Bands

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

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