Notebook·34 CDF art. 242·Undated

Notebook of notes on Cyprus, Gaza, Jericho, Egypt and Syria (chronologies)Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 14 of notebook 34 CDF art. 242 (Notebook of notes on Cyprus, Gaza, Jericho, Egypt and Syria (chronologies)), handwritten in English, German and French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 242, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 14 of 107

my fig. 13 ; pl. XIV ; [ pl. XIII, 1 + 2, c. XVIII, 1 fragm.; (nothing to XV, XVI, XVII] = cf. also fig. 52, C, B, A 53, H, J, F; 54, E, B, F; 55, C, A, B For. relation of Red polished ware studied by Gjer., Studies, p. 294 + Frankfort, St. II, p 75-80 " and will come in for more discussion with chronological bearing, for instance in the course of further progress & publication of the excavations at Ras Shamra. "

Drawing: two small decorated hemispherical bowls, one with a spout or handle; labels: Tod

(p. 39) red incised is compared with silver bowl from Tod depot, Syria 1937, pl. XXVIII, Ash. Ash see p. 179-80 attrib. to Amenemhat II, - Foreign gifts. Aegean character recognized. Minoan, after Duss. etc. Grace thinks rather Cypriote. Cites other ex. from Pyrgos (Crete), etc. note 1 (p. 40). — Potters marks: numerals as in Cretan (less like Egypt.), appear Crete MM I a Same marks Early & Middle Bronze Phylakopi Lapithos, Gezer (Macalister, II 7, p. 13. III. CXC.). Signs Gezer most resemblance to those of L. tomb 6. Macal. dates his 2000-1800 B C. (II, p. 131).

Black polished. becomes more common by end of EC III. Only one ex. (bottle IX, 32) in tomb 6 A (compared with SCE 1. L. 313. B. 49

Coarse ware compared with my Vounous, Miss. pl. XII, 1. painted in white. (recalls to me White on dark Min. rough copy). Ornament in white paint during Bronze Age not noted by Gjerstad … continues

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

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