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 43 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 21Scan 43 of 174

Start excavations / towards the / house "286"Tuesday 24 Nov.59: Opening of new trench at (continued) south piq. 19 to widen the area to the east of building 18 Between "Chapel" and the towerbastion of the North enclosure, pro- longation of the trench of 2 m of wide so as to link the tower North to the ruined Chapel site (new workmen hired in the morning). Sub-Mycenaean pottery and loom weight in t-c, just below present surface, between piq. 30 and 38, between 0 m 10 and 0 m 60.

WellBetween piq 36 and 37, tr. Chapel found a seal (drawing) engraved in steatite, at 0 m 25 depth = Pt. 260 36 : 3, 90, 37 : 4, 40 Between piq. 35 and 36, bead in cor- naline, pt. 261 at - 0 m 30 34 : 2, 70 35 : 4, 30

XPiq. 37 = figurine t-c. head of bovid, - 0 m 30 : Pt 262 = fig 72

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

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