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 17 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 17 of 20

Margin top: Zone 131

ENK. 23-XI-61 Present surface

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing horizontal soil layers, a jug, a two-handled pot, a stone pile, and bedrock at the bottom; labels: 0 m 60; gris; Late soil; reddish earth; sol ? 0 m 85; BULL + JUG 665; Sol ?; 658; BULLS; in grey ashes; 40; 50; layer of; grey ashes; Sol greyish lime, uneven 5 cm; -1 m 55; LAYER of copper SLAG; 4 cm; [illegible] red; 1 to 2 cm; white soil; sol bl; [illegible] charcoal; -1 m 80; filling; Rock; East; West

Zone 130/131/EST

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

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