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 7 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 37Scan 7 of 66

Stamp: 4

Margin left: Friday

13 Nov. 1959Fine weatherhot at noonLarge hearth or ash zone of rectangular shape of c. 2 m2 in the angle of walls at right angles, facing pick 4, at - 1m 50 depth

Between 7 and 8, appearance of a structure of ashlar in situ from - 1 m. depth

Facing pick 9, cylindrical carnelian bead recovered at - 1m depth (Pt. 223)

Between 2 and 3, jug with one handle, in situ on 2nd floor, at - 1m,75 (Pt. 224) near a hearth. 2 5,60 3 : 4,10 (colour photos before removal.)

The pottery is homogeneous and dates still from the Iron Age, throughout the trenches; few sherds really interesting even today, except

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

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