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 61 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 65Scan 61 of 510

1-X-1960

of bronze, in situ, at -2 m 25, ptt 541. For the precise stratigraphy, cf. sketch of W. Forrer, made at the moment of discovery, by myself of the silk with curved end in the earth, under the lower greyish floor. = undeniable Late Bronze stratum, identified.

In sector 76 77, thick white floor lying between 1 m 75 and 1,m80 in depth easy to identify everywhere thanks to the "pits" which cut into it, an upper white floor also, lying between 1,m55 and 1,m60 Between these two floors, strata of ashes grey with abundant charcoal - The upper floor would correspond to the original floor of the Building.

Ptt 544 = horse figurine in t.c. greenish painted, in black, between south wall and road E-W, sector 78 under white floor at -2m, associated with a lamp in t.c of the type with suspension (drawing), with handle decorated with an incised line. Stop of excavations at 10H15 -

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

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