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 85 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.

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cf. sketch after excavations22-9-60 In the East trench, sector 30 uncovered a series of fine stones ashlar, belonging to the walls of a well-built structure. A late wall is set somewhat obliquely in the square room that appears. In this sector, atypical sherds of the type "wavy lines" down to - 1 m 30. = MYC. III C: 2 according to DIKAIOS

INV. 157Sector 42: on floor level Paving: * Pt 405 Chisel in serpentine in the form of a flat trapezoidal axe at 1 m 60 depth, in greasy layer -

see drawings =Pt. 406 Painted sub-Mycenaean sherds and at - 1 m 60 + body of quadruped, painted terracotta figurine and feline head ? of another terracotta figurine These finds seem to date the large paving...

Sector 30: shortly before noon, discovery — pt 407 at - 1 m 50, of a cup Iron Age coming from a "pit" perhaps, according to Mikael — pt 408 large stand of a jar , open cylinder stand, with two handles ? traces of black painted decoration, type "wavy lines"

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

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