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 87 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 49Scan 87 of 192

20.38Jug in "base ring" ceramic, earthT. 1907
Dgrey fired, with outer surface(under street no. 2)
red and inner surface grey-East Chamber,
red. Fine, hard, resonant, light,northern half,
porous. Visible temper:+ 1 sherd dromos
a few fairly large black grits
(nearly 1 mm). Surface with small holes, numerous and
burst in a star pattern in the dark zone, rare and not burst
in the light areas. (drawing)
Manufacturing details as 20.35.
Slip very thin, carefully applied with a brush,
horizontally, over the whole exterior of the vessel and on the inte-
rior of the rim. Finely burnished. Red-black to brown-black
on the left part of the vessel, the top of the neck and the interior of the
rim, brown-red to bright red elsewhere. Flaking in places.
Not burnished under the base.
Shape: as 20.35, but body less squat,
rim moulding more pronounced, neck more inclined
backwards.
Decoration very careful, like the whole vessel. The
ridges have a particularly vigorous and clear relief.
Same general layout as 20.34, but ridge
at the neck join and handle without decoration.
Restored Reconstituted. Body very incomplete.

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

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