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 57 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 63Scan 57 of 510

Saturday 1st October 1960

– In sector 69 70, Pt= 535 at – 1m 95 on original white floor of the fine building, discovery of a fragment of ivory spindle whorl, reused as a handle or tool grip? with perforation perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical spindle – In sector 71 72, Pt= 536 at – 2 m, on same white floor, small scarab in blue paste, friable, with a figure incised – In sector 74 at – 1 m 70, below wall of rubble masonry of the Iron Age, small jug in brownish c.w. (handle broken) in earth brown on white floor (lime) = Pt= 537 (drawing) –

Sector 70, small spherical jug in c.w. plain red, at – 2m 10, below level of the fine neighbouring floor, white and original to the building. Sector 35 36, below the tomb with 2 skeletons of children, discovery of an interesting = pt= 539

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

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