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 25 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 18Scan 25 of 192

20.16(continued)Sloppy geometric decoration, two-coloured: blackish and wine-lees. Essentially horizontal and vertical strokes on the neck, forming kinds of irregular crosses ières, oblique strokes on the body, forming V's, upright or, in one case, inverted, oblique cross-hatching. The wine-lees colour is used, on the neck, for large crosses and dots of highlighting, on the shoulder for dots of highlighting, strokes parallel to the branches of the black V's, the oblique branches of a motif close to the "Union Jack" in one of the V's, etc. A wine-lees stroke is sometimes found overpainted on a black stroke. The wine-lees paint is generally thick and flaking, the black paint less thick and more solid. Rim restored. One fragment missing. Max height (oblique rim) = 23,1 cm. Diam. rim: 19,5 to 19,2 cm. Diam. max: 24,4 cm. Diam. base base: 12,02 to 12,22. Thickness of neck wall: 0,56 cm. Capacity: 5,2 l cf. E. A. I., fig. 41, no. 18

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

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