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 161 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 77Scan 161 of 174

Extract from the excavation journal of H d C. 4-X-60

Stratigraphy Tr. Ouest 21

1m 00 floor of brown earth with charcoal 1m to 1m 25 superimposed floors, separated by burnt, reddish earth - 1m 25 thick floor (white), in places greygreen with charcoal. 1m 70 rocky bedrock

Stratigraphy tr. Ouest, sector 22, north

1m 00 floor of burnt reddish earth 1m 30 floor of greenish clay, with charcoal = pt. 504, 506, 507 1m 70 rocky bedrock An upper architectural phase corresponds to the floor at 1m 00 - A lower phase, shifted towards the W, is sealed by the floor at 1m 30 and rests on the rock.

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

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