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 181 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 96Scan 181 of 192

20.71Jug in ceramic "base-ring I" - (cf H E. A. IT. 1907
T. 5, no. 272). Grey terracotta with(under street no. 2)
brown-red surface, fine, hard,West Chamber,
sonorous, slightly porous, with rarelower (2 sherds)
small bubbles visible to the naked eyeand East Chamber,
and one large accidental cavityzone 40 (one sherd)
(gravel ?). Visible temper
rare: fine black grains. Surface with rare holes,
almost all burst.

Drawing: profile of neck and upper body of a jug with relief decoration

Hand-made, very carefully, in several parts:
body in two parts, neck, rim, handle. Interior surface
well levelled, exterior surface polished. Neck finely
scraped vertically.
Thin, regular slip, carefully applied with a
brush (horizontally, on the body) over the whole exterior
and on the interior of the rim. Bright brown - red with small zones
brown - black - Finely burnished.
Shape: base missing - biconical body with sharp
carination. Neck narrowing from bottom to top, funnel-shaped rim,
flat handle attached to the lower third of the upper neck.
Decoration: raised ridges. Two fairly widely spaced,
around the neck at the handle attachment - Shoulder: on the
front face, on either side of the axis of the handle,
arcs of deformed symmetrical circles (drawing) On the left,

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

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