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 17 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 7Scan 17 of 208

20.78Cup in ceramic "base ring I". EarthT. 1907
fired grey, with surfaces(under street no. 2)
interior and exteriorEast Chamber,
almost everywhere pinkish brownnorthern half,
(with grey zones), fine, hard,quarter NW, zone, 52
sonorous, finely porous, with rare visible bubbles,and 80.82, sherds
to the naked eye. Abundant visible temper =41 and 117
fine dark grey grains. Surface almost without holes,
not flaking.

Drawing: profile of a cup with handle and wavy line below the rim

Hand-made, very carefully finished. Base probably
added, as well as the handle, fixed through two
holes in the shoulder (then interior surface smoothed).
Interior of the base scraped in a radiating manner. The rest
of the surface well polished - Bowl scraped vertically.
Slip very thin, very worn. Covered all
the vessel. Carefully applied with brush, hori-
zontally. Grey-black to black over the whole interior
except the rim and, in places, a few centimetres below
the rim. Grey-black to black on the exterior, in the
lower part, down to the line of demarcation bright red-brown
which passes under the attachment of the handle and runs around the vessel.
Above, generally brown to red-brown, with
grey-black zones. Finely burnished.
Shape: as Sjöqvist, type 1a, but base

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

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