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 141 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 76Scan 141 of 192

20.55(continued)fairly well levelled, type 20.52. Small blisters in the body. Thin slip, carefully applied with a brush, horizontally, over the whole exterior and on the interior of the rim. Worn in places. Brown to black, lustrous. Shape: ring base very flaring, with curved profile. Biconical body, with shoulder rounded, scraped. Neck narrowing from base up to the upper third Rim wide, flat to slightly concave, formed by a fold of the clay towards the exterior. Handle flat, wide, with rectangular section, from the rim, to which it is attached straddling, at the shoulder, where it is attached through a hole. Raised (Sjöqvist, type 5c). Axis of the vessel strongly inclined backwards. Decoration = horizontal band at the base of the upper third of the neck, applied.

Intact, complete, except for some chips (rim, base)

Height = 9,8 cm - Diam. base = 4,45 (bottom) to 3,4 cm (top). Height base = 1 cm - Diam. max. body = 8,35 cm. Diam. neck = 6,05 cm (bottom) to 5,45 c (top) - Height neck = 5,3 cm - Diam. rim = 7,3 cm - width rim = 0,85 - Section handle = 1,5 x 0,5 cm Thickness wall = c. 0,35 cm - Capacity = 0,21 l. to 0,25

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

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