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 93 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 45Scan 93 of 208

20.197T. 1907(under street no. 2)Chamber E:3, under 5 andnorthern halfJug in coarse ware with white slip. Brownish grey fired clay tending towards beige, coarse, very hard, fairly sonorous, fairly porous, with (drawing) few small bubbles. Layered structure with fairly numerous flattened bubbles. Grit sand princi pally grey and black, sometimes brown red or white, abundant. Surfaces without holes. Seems made by hand rather than on the wheel. no wheel striations, but irregularities of thickness, traces of fingers. Moreover, neck added - Handle applied - Outer surface smoothed with water. White slip, fairly thin to very thick, on the exterior and on the upper neck inside - Applied probably in the form of a thick, almost pasty liquid - Retains traces of a brush in the form of groups of fine parallel grooves (brush width 2,5 cm c.). Shiny where it is thick and completely drowns the irregularities of the fired clay. Shape = upper body very rounded, but the beginning of the lower part is very straight - Neck squat, cylindrical, constricted - Rim slightly flared, with a bead towards the exterior - Rim circular -

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

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