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Notebook·34 CDF art. 131·1959

Notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois, Enkomi 1959–1960Jacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 103 of notebook 34 CDF art. 131 (Notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois, Enkomi 1959–1960), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 131, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 50Scan 103 of 174

Tuesday27-9-60(continued)= Niv. IIA-BCR II CSector 34, east paving: Ptt 473 at - 2 m 05, sherds Mycenaean and of milk bowls with slip whitish and late style, very probably XIIIe siècle B.C. ? resting on the rock apparently having served as the original floor in this emplacement. A small hearth in the shape of a "heart" in plan, contained grey ashes and a good number of charcoal, which were recovered for submission to analysis by Carbon 14.

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Margin left: cf photos

Margin left: of sherds

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

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