Notebook·34 CDF art. 133-2·1961–1963

Courtois's notebooks, Enkomi 1961, 1962, 1963Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 129 of notebook 34 CDF art. 133-2 (Courtois's notebooks, Enkomi 1961, 1962, 1963), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 133-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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_ENK. 61 13-XI-61_

, written sideways: several tens of kilos slag- Sector 100 pt. 618, pit of cylindrical in shape, with pottery painted and bronze rods, oxidised, the rim being at - 2 m. From this "pit" which widens towards the base, there also comes a large lot of slag of (iron?) and copper), the pottery appears mainly Myc III C 1

- Sector 105, continuation and completion of the clearing of the heaps of debris resulting from the huge fire, which confirms the extent of the combustible materials that burned. New loom weights and spools of t.c. recovered all blackened, on the burnt floor ....

Sector 102/103 at -2m depth, loom weight discoid in greenish t.c. with incised sign

Drawing: front view of a circular disc with a suspension hole at top and an incised sign in the centre, and profile view to the right] (same area as the balls

but in a "pit")

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

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