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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 27 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 13Scan 27 of 174

[margin left: Wednesday 18 Nov. 1959 fine weather] Continuation of work on the same areas as the previous day, with completion of the final cleaning in the south trench whose excavation ends, except at some points, the main one of which remains 240 or pit-tomb with the painted jugs of the Middle Bronze.

Pt. 242 Boule inscribed t-c [illegible] and fragment boucle d'oreille ou bague de bronze between 8 and 9 at - 0m70.

Pt 243 = blade of bronze - 0m70 0 2m80 1 4m

inv. 21Pt 244 Petite cruche t.c. verdâtre plain, with trefoil spout and one handle (Iron Age) opposite piq. 13 at - 1m25 deep. 13 1m,70 14 6,m20

(Between 12 and 13, interesting pottery of the transition period Late Bronze - Iron I at 1m50 but not in situ (pit)

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

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