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 135 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 66Scan 135 of 208

20.128Cup in ceramic "monochrome".T. 1907
Fired clay brown pale red,(under street no. 2)
fine, hard, sonorous, porous (drawing)Chamber East
with slightly deformed bubbleszone 52 and
numerous. Visible rare grit, light rednorthern half.
and white, fine. Surface with very rare burst holes.
Usual technique. Surfaces fairly well
smoothed. On the outside, just under the shoulder,
horizontal traces of a tool like that of 20.120. More
low, small traces as on 20.127.
Slip very similar to 20.127, with spots
darker on the outside, without a buff zone at
the top, but nevertheless a lighter and worn zone around
the handle. No lines of demarcation. On
the rim of the base, on the outside, three or four spots
light, at fairly regular intervals: vessel fired on
three supports?.
Shape: base wide, gently omphalos-shaped,
with particularly smooth outer surface, meeting
the wall of the bowl at a fairly sharp angle. In
the interior, slightly marked groove. Shoulder
and rim as 20.125, facet barely visible.
Fingerprints barely clear at Handle thicker
than on 20.126, and attachment wider, at

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

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