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 61 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 29Scan 61 of 174

Saturday 28 Nov. / 1959 / Fine weather / = LDC III= Thutmose III ?! *In the fine building with the staircase One metre to the NNE of the "table" square Pt 285 Cup sub-Mycenaean with two small handles Y = 4 m 80 X = 14 m 30 in situ at - 1 m 70 on floor; shortly after, at some 80 cm to the east: * Egyptian scarab with cartouche Y 4,55 X 14 m 35 and sphinx = Pt 286 - 1 m 70

In new trench E-W to the east of the "Place" Pt = 287 discovery of a * cylinder stone 55 = 5 m 50 to the south of the peg. and at 12 m 30 from nail L at 0 m 10 of depth only . At the end of the morning at 11H, the excavation has reached in this trench only a shallow depth: 30 cm at most .

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

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