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 25 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 25 of 174

Stamp: 12

17 - XI - 59(continued)3rd layerImmediately below these latter uncovered 17 (1) jugs of the same type, placed along the wall of the cavity - pit, western half; of bones (animal) appear between these pottery at - 2m,70 .

with pottery / = 6 W / = Fig. 67 and 68 {Pin shank or chisel in bronze, at - 0m,80, pt. 241 . 1 0m90 . 2 6m10

(1): figure entirely provisional for the day: the number of these is much higher, as will be shown by the continuation of the excavation the next day ... (cf. p. 14 infra)

cf. p. 10P.S. at pt. 239: during the dismantling of the hearth around the kiln, the following observations were made : north of the kiln, on floor in black ash, deer antler calcined; under the grinding stone of the quern, south-west of the kiln, fine grey ash in a thin layer; the layer of black ash, studded with "cones" of friable earth, rests on a pisé floor which itself rests on the underlying chalky base lying

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

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