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 75 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 36Scan 75 of 174

377)CYL / INV. 13420-IX-1960 - Discovered a large steatite spindle whorl decorated with incised circles, near 64 - 0m 70. - At the foot of stake 27, lot of sherds painted Mycenaean, at -2m 25 = point 375. east of the latrines with rectangular stone cover. Besides the sherds, a fragment of figurine painted Mycenaean, probably animal. In the room west of pt. 28 other finds of Mycenaean sherds including a krater rim with stripes - - West of 46, discovery of a small tanged arrowhead INV. 133 in bronze, at -1 m, in stratum of ash grey, as a "seal" of steatite decorated with a cross (pt. 374) INV. no. 131 - At -2 m 30, cylinder* steatite very worn Pt 379 unfinished, south of paved latrine 27

Above / the PavingFrom 45 to 47, between 1m and 1m 80 depth curious stratigraphic observations: numerous horizontal superimposed strata, of type alluvial deposits with pebbles alternating with ash or red brick. = so no dwellings later than the paving. —

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

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