Manuscript·34 CDF art. 175·30 November 1961

Note on the main results of the Enkomi excavation season, 6–30 November 1961, with three pages of sketchesJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 15 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 175 (Note on the main results of the Enkomi excavation season, 6–30 November 1961, with three pages of sketches), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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

Unnumbered pageScan 15 of 20

Zone 132 present SURFACE ENK. 61

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing horizontal layers, stone-lined shafts, and bedrock at the bottom; labels: 83; - 25 cm; - 0,50; WELL; - 1m 15; Stratum: dominant red clayey earth; - 1m 65; LAYER of SLAG iron + copper on; 2; 2; 3; refractory red surmounted by thin white FLOOR; FLOOR (?) lime white; 10; red + charcoal; 8; thick FLOOR (?) white; 6 to 7; rammed earth hardened like concrete; 24; rubble; 3 cm; very carefully made; FLOOR concrete grey; 15; ? FLOOR; WELL; FLOOR white thick (V); SUMP; Filling with sherds Late Bronze 1; and Middle Bronze 3; ENK. 61; Pt 692; zone; ROCK; NORTH; 23- XI -61

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

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