Notebook·34 CDF art. 175·1962

Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962R. Kuss

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

Scan 49 of notebook 34 CDF art. 175 (Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 68Scan 49 of 64

the removal shows that it is a part of a kind of bicephalous centaur of which we find also the 4 legs. From there we can define the large head which itself must join to other larger feet found in the same region. Some pottery fragments which at first sight should constitute the body unfortunately incomplete. These objects had scarcely been locked up at our place when, in 126 we discover two fragments of a large pithos, one of which bears 5 signs, the other being unfortunately blank.

Drawing: row of six incised signs

Drawing: hatched profile section of a vessel rim and neck with one incised sign; labels: interior; section jarre

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

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