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 115 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.

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5 Enon"Pits"cananéenne? -29-9-60 - In sector 74 75 to the east (continued) of the area of the children's tomb appeared in the course of the morning a fine wall of stones with a top showing the engraved characteristic of the fine constructions of Enkomi of the period called sub-Mycenaean or Mycenaean III C 2 This wall is oriented E-W In the south half of the new East trench, one notes the existence of extensive earlier excavations clandestines or not (a large cavity is found in 74. In this same sector, jar leaning in place on the latest floor at - 1 m _

à citer- In the centre (west) of the fine building, sector 30, the Ashlar careful cleaning of the original thick white floor has uncovered a vast blackish area (1) vestige of the fire which ended the period of first occupation of the Building. (1) visible in section beneath the late walls — cf. photos

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

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