Manuscript·34 CDF art. 152-2·1969

Enkomi 1969 Inventory continued (II)H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 133 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 152-2 (Enkomi 1969 Inventory continued (II)), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 152-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 65Scan 133 of 208

20.127T. 1907(under vase no. 2)Ceramic cup "monochrome". Light red earthenware with (drawing) dark grey core, fine to chamois surface in the upper part, fine, very hard, sonorous, porous with numerous deformed bubbles. Visible temper fairly abundant, varied: black, brown, white, fine to medium. A black, shiny flake (mica ?). Surface practically without holes. Usual technique. Interior fairly well smoothed, exterior coarser, with small traces short, left by grit during smoothing and holes of the same origin. Handle clearly made in two parts. Slip type 20.107, more orange and more light. Above the line of demarcation, chamois to brown. Line of demarcation: diam. 12 cm Shape: as 20.126, rim slightly raised towards the top. Impressions, barely legible, of fingers holding the vase from underneath slipped. Impression on handle. Gap in body. Height: 7,2 to 6,4 cm - Diam base: 4,8 cm - Diam max: 13,15 cm Diam rim: 11,8 cm - Height rim: 1,8 cm - Total length: 16,3 cm - Section handle: 1,2 x 0,7 - Thick. wall: 0,34 cm Capacity: 0,51 l -

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

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