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 193 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.

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20.150Jug in "lustrous black" pottery (SjöqvistT. 1907
type 4b). Grey fired earth with (drawing)(under street no. 2)
surface grey-beige, fine, hard,East Chamber,
sonorous, porous with large bubblesnorth half and
deformed, very fine to fine. Visible temper:under entrance slab,
grey, black and white, fine, abundant (especially the white)and dromos.
Surface with small holes as in 20.148, more numerous.
Technique: as 20.148. Very carefully made. Striations
of turning closer together (0,5 cm) than on 20.148 -
Interior surface smoothed. Exterior surface very well
smoothed on the wheel: vessel covered with very fine horizontal stri-
ations - Shoulder reworked with a knife (to give it
a more angular appearance): cf facet.
Slip over the whole vessel, interior as exte-
rior - Exterior: black at the front, grey on the left,
grey to beige on the right (large flamed area on shoulder
and neck). Finely lustrous, shining where it is
black - Interior: blackish grey to brown grey, matt.
Applied carefully with a brush (or equivalent),
horizontally obliquely in general (exterior).
Shape: low, thick ring base,
pentagonal section - The rest as 20.149 for
the preserved parts -
Decoration: five deep horizontal grooves

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

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