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 7 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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20.74Cup in ceramic "base-ring" I/II" (cf Sjöqvist,T. 1907
base-ring II, type 1a). (drawing)(without view no. 2)
Grey fired clay, grey-East chamber,
black, with outer surfacenorthern half.
brown-red to red in
the upper part of the vessel. Fine, hard, sonorous.
Little porous, but numerous bubbles visible to
the naked eye. Visible temper, fairly abundant:
fine grey grits.
Hand-made. Very carefully finished. Base, handle and
no doubt rim (cf break and traces of poorly
smoothed joins) applied to the bowl.
Thin slip, very even (except on the handle),
applied with a brush over the whole vessel. Black on the base,
the left outer part and the whole interior of the bowl.
Bright red-brown to light brown and beige chamois elsewhere.
Very well burnished, leather-like appearance, soapy feel.
Fine, horizontal burnish. Handle little burnished, especially
underneath.
Conical ring base, very flared. Bowl
funnel-shaped with slightly sinuous profile. Small shoulder-
ment below the rim. Vertical rim, with thin lip turned
outward. High, elongated pointed handle,
of roughly rectangular section, terminating in two

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

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