Manuscript·34 CDF art. 152-3·1969

Enkomi 1969 Inventory continued (III)H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 25 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 152-3 (Enkomi 1969 Inventory continued (III)), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 152-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 11Scan 25 of 208

20.164(suite)fairly hard, fairly sonorous, very porous, with numerous small visible bubbles. Appearance of the fracture and consistency: like a core of coarse frit. Visible abundant temper (?): black grains, fine to coarse, to each of which corresresponds a hole bubble in the paste, bubble enclosing the grain black. Such bubbles break through the surface. Technique as 20.154 and 20.156. Black slip, fairly thin, matt, almost entirely worn (flaked). Shape: base barely convex, forming an angle with a squat ovoid body. Neck clearly narrowed from bottom to top. Rim circular, simple, barely slightly turned outward. Handle fairly strongly raised, cut with a spatula, vertically; section oval in section, faceted.

Restored. Body very incomplete.

H. without handle: 16,2 cm - H. with handle: 17,7 cm. Diam. base: 5,55 cm - Diam. max: 10,45 cm H. neck: 6,2 cm. Diam. neck: 6 cm (bottom) to 4,6 cm (top). Diam. rim: 4,75 cm. Handle section: 1,65 x 0,9 cm Thick. wall: 0,3 cm

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

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