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 81 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 39Scan 81 of 174

1960 / INV. / 256 à 258In the east trench, between 32 and 34 quatre anses inscrites were recovered at 14H 30 in an Iron Age context. Also to note a disc-shaped spindle whorl in bone and a very small seal with scorpion? motif stylised INV. 145 pt = 393 at 0m50

, written diagonally: = type des / Champs d'Urnes / européens / = non datable!Very interesting bronze knife with flat tang and curved back Pt = 395, near stake 52 = INV. 147 recovered on the natural rock, at - 0m 70, on a sort of natural bench to the east of a well-built house Pt 398, at 0,80 small chisel with socket in bronze INV = 151.

22-9-60 -XEast Trench = Opening portion 35 - 38 Pt. 399 = Handle engraved v with a grid found at 0 m 80, west of 30 INV. 152

Pt. 400: small seal at 0 m 40 (Ch West) in steatite, engraved with a cross INV. 153

INV. / 155Pt = 401: weight in marble, at - 0m 90

Tr. East sector 31 - Down to 1 m 20 pottery early Iron Age " wavy lines " at - 1m 20, ash stratum heralding floor A

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

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