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 53 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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and a seal (drawing) in steatite, pt. 526 in reddish earth. - In sector 67 68, very interesting stratigraphic sequence observed with floors superimposed and abundant pottery series. - In sector 69-70, large pebble-weight of hard grey stone, on white floor thick, in fine ashy stratum, pt. 528 at 1m 70 - Between stakes 71 and 74, one observes the disturbance of the architecture, of which the remains are rare or non-existent down to - 1m 80 depth: the Iron I walls have had to be demolished in this area.

Sector 70 On floor pt. 530 plaque rectangular, pierced with aligned holes of ivory, at - 1m 75 depth Sector 74, in "pit", foreparts of a bull figurine in t.c. painted red - pt. 531 - Sector 71, at - 1m 70, cylinder seal in steatite (scene very worn by use) found

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

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