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 119 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 58Scan 119 of 174

29/9/60

Sector 74 75, between fine wall to the south and ovoid jar to the north, hearth of the Iron Age full of charcoal and seven

Drawing: loom weight with perforation; labels: 44; 29 mm; 27 mm] loom weights of clay blackish poorly

fired, at - 1 m 25, pt. 512, with some sherds of painted pottery "wavy lines" Not far from there, at - 1m 40, but in a "pit", a * unfinished cylinder in hard stone, sector 73 74, pt. 513 = INV. 266 = LC III B

IELC III BBetween 31 and 71, bed of ashes between - 1 m 20 and - 1 m 25, corresponding to a destruction by fire of the houses of the "wavy lines" period, this in the middle of the fine building with the lapis lazuli pendant 460

To the west of stake 75, large slab of stone very slightly inclined towards the north, not far from the very fine E-W wall blackened by the fire. - This large slab is situated between and of depth.

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

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