Notebook·34 CDF art. 130-2·1959

Courtois's notebook, Enkomi 1959Jacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 43 of notebook 34 CDF art. 130-2 (Courtois's notebook, Enkomi 1959), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 130-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 22Scan 43 of 66

24-XI-59 (continued)Opening at 10H of a trench N-S on the NS road, east of the south trench of the start of the campaign 0 to 6 - Because of the wind, changes to the areas: opening of a long E-W trench to the south of the zone of Building 18 (Turkish coin found on surface, dated 1255 i.e. 1877....) and of another trench to the west of the "Temple Area", to the S-W more precisely - Arrowhead in bronze, on surface in trench to the south of Building 18.

Circular pit, emptied between pt 12 and 13 yielded painted pottery and two small beads as well as an inscribed handle, - 2 m 70 = pt 263 at 2 m 50 pt 13 and 3 m 80 pt 12 + Lower down, among the stones, fine disc in engraved ivory geometric decoration, at - 3 m 80 depth

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

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