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 53 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 27Scan 53 of 66

27-XI-59(continued)Tr. South to the east of N-S Road : Pt. 281 Engraved steatite button 55 2,30 56 = 4,60 at -1m10 the surprise of the day in this trench was undoubtedly the existence of a sort of square formed by a hard grey surface of the same structure as the N-S road and extending to the east of it and contiguous to it, between pegs 52 to 56; under this "square", from a depth of 1m10 we find again the brown earth

In Tr. South Building 18 : Pt 282 Engraved steatite button ; - 0m40 Z 8m60 Y : 14m10

Pt. 283 Steatite seal with bull and two stylised trees, at - 1m30 in tr. to the N-W, Building 18 zone - with two buttons (in a "pit")

Pt 284 Bronze pin with coiled head at - 1m50 ; X : 9,40 Y : 7,40 "Table" quadrangular with two runnels, in situ, at - 1,m50 in limestone, for offerings? 56 x 56 cm in room to the west of the one with the stairs.

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

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