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 167 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.

Page 43Scan 167 of 510

Saturday 18 November 1961Zone 134, pt. 669 at - 1 m 00 bronze ring with flat bezel engraved (very oxidised, broken into three pieces), with head of stylised idol t.c.

Zone 136, pt. 668, at - 1 m 20, fine limestone scarab, complete with three divine and royal figures(?), important for the dating of the layer with red bricks beneath the level with numerous terracotta idols.

Same zone, a little to the south, but at - 0 m 80 new find of a (hollow) head in t. c. modelled and painted, with large eyes elongated, associated with a head of stylised idol with a large pointed nose and discoid skull, of the type so abundant for three days = pt. 670.

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

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