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 23 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 11Scan 23 of 174

17-XI-59(continued)CRIANorthern Area: group of sherds bicoloured between 13 and 14 at 1 m 60 depth, with incised spindle whorl t.c. in the south-west corner of the room. Opening of a new trench parallel to the first, on the side west, piq. 13 to 16.

**Between piq. 3 and 4, two handles incised with Cypriot sign, at about 1 m 80 with handles of milk-bowls, good workmanship, and other Late Bronze sherds

Shaft tomb1st layer2nd layerIn cylindrical cavity, Pt 240 = 2,m30 4 : 3,m20 5 : 6 m 50 : discovered of four footless jugs with one handle painted in fine style Middle Bronze, brownblack or red, similar to those discovered the day before at 1 m 50 to the south-west at point 233. Lower down, still in the same cavity, new series of five painted jugs and decorated spindle whorl at - 2 m 65

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

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