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 125 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 61Scan 125 of 174

30-IX-60 at - 1^m 50 and a seal INV. 269 (drawing) in steatite, pt 526 in reddish earth. Forrer notebook = 525

?X ||In sector 67 68, very interesting stratigraphic sequence observed with floors superimposed and abundant pottery series.

-E[sketch: rounded triangular shape above a hatched rectangleIn sector 69 70, large pebble weight ] in hard grey stone, on white floor thick in fine ashy stratum, pt 528 at - 1^m 70 = INV. 362

- Between the pegs 71 and 74, one notes the disturbance of the architecture, of which the remains are rare or non-existent down to — 1^m 80 depth. the walls of Iron I have had to be demolished in this area.

Sector 70 On floor, INV. 378 pt 530 plaque rectangular, pierced with aligned holes in ivory, at - 1^m 75 depth

Sector 74, in "pit", forepart of a bull figurine in t.c. painted in red = pt 531 -

Sector 71, at - 1^m 70, cylinder seal in steatite (scene very worn by wear) found INV. 270

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

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