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 79 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 38Scan 79 of 174

21-IX-1960INV. 143Pt= 388was found at the southern edge of the paved surface, in the alluvium at 30/40 cm above the paving. - Face 42, at - 1m depth fragment of burner handle in terracotta, decorated with a head of bovid in relief, at the end after the circular perforation for fixing to the wall with the help of a peg or a nail. This object recalls the one found last year.

In zone 60-64, uncovered a series of small square rooms aligned N-S. (1st Iron Age)

In trench E. 56-57 "silo" Middle Bronze late according to pottery = Pt. 390 = Belle TOMB (cf. H. de Contenson)

Between 46 and 48, one reaches the paving at the bottom of the trench, towards noon - A greenish painted sub-Mycenaean sherd rather interesting is recovered on paving pt 391 at - 2m paint quickly faded ..-

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

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