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 203 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 100Scan 203 of 208

20.154T. 1907(under street no. 2)Chambre Ouest011Juglet in ceramic with black slip. Yellowish terracotta with core tending to orange, fine, (drawing) hard, fairly sonorous, porous, with rare fine bubbles. Temper: a few rare grains white or grey. Surface without holes (3, chips) Technique: made by hand. Neck added. Handle added (perforation shoulder and overlapping rim). Traces of modelling on the inside, outside fairly well smoothed. Neck and handle scraped vertically. Black slip (lighter on the left) with flamed red patches, irregular, applied with brush in all directions on outside and on rim. Matt. Small flakes where it is thick. Shape: base barely convex, body spherical to ovoid, asymmetrical, neck slightly narrowed from bottom to top, with simple rim barely flaring. Handle slightly raised from rim to shoulder, thick, section rectangular to oval. Impressions in slip numerous, clear especially towards maximum diameter and on neck. Neck restored and incomplete. (inventory continued: see 3rd notebook)

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

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