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 45 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 22Scan 45 of 174

- Start of excavations / towards the / house "286"..24-XI-59 Opening at 10H of a trench (continued) N-S on the road NS, east of the South trench at the start of the season 0 to 6 Because of the wind, change of the areas: opening of a long trench E-W to the south of the zone of Building 18 (Turkish coin found on surface, dated 1255 that is 1877) and of another trench west of the Temple Area, at the S-W more precisely - 1 Arrowhead in bronze, on surfa[ce] in trench to the south of Building 18

or WellCircular pit, emptied between piq. 12 and 13 yielded painted pottery and two small beads as well as an inscribed handle, -2 m 70 = pt. 263 at 2 m 50 piq. 13 and 3 m 80 piq. 12 + Lower down, among the stones, fine disc in engraved ivory geometric decoration at - 3 m 80 depth

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

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