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 133 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 65Scan 133 of 174

-> Stratigraphic sketch to be made !!1-X- 1960

*of bronze, in situ, at - 2 m 25, pt 541. For the precise stratigraphy, cf. _sketch of W. Forrer_, made at the moment of the discovery, by myself, of the pin with curved end in the earth, under the lower greyish floor. = undeniable Late Bronze stratum, identified

*In sector 76 77, thick white floor lying between 1 m 75 and 1 m 80 in depth easy to identify everywhere thanks to the "pits" which cut into it; an upper white floor also, lying between 1m 55 and 1m 60 Between these two floors, strata of ash grey with abundant charcoal - The upper floor would correspond to the original floor of the Building.

INV. 294 (no, cf. p. 74!) Pt 544 = horse figurine in L.C. clay greenish painted black, between south wall and road E-W, sector 78 under white floor at -2m, associated with a lamp in L.C. clay of the type with suspension (drawing) , with handle decorated with an incised line. Excavation stopped at 10h 15 -

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

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