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 9 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 4Scan 9 of 174

Friday / 13 Nov. 1959 / Fine weather / hot at noonLarge hearth or ash zone of rectangular shape of c. 2 m2 in the angle of walls at right angles, facing pick 4, at - 1 m 50 depth

Between 7 and 8, appearance of a structure in ashlar in situ from - 1 m. depth = (future House 31 of 1960) Ashlar

Facing pick 9, cylindrical carnelian bead recovered at - 1 m depth (Pt. 223 = 4E, near 239

Between 2 and 3, juglet with one handle, in situ on 2nd floor, at - 1m 75 (Pt. 224) near a hearth. 2 : 5, 60 3 : 4, 10 ( colour photos before removal )

The pottery is homogeneous and dates still from the Iron Age, across the whole of the trenches; few sherds really still interesting today, except

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

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