Notebook·34 CDF art. 134-1·1961

Topographic point book (points 564 to 698), South Area, Enkomi 1961H. de Contenson

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

Scan 119 of notebook 34 CDF art. 134-1 (Topographic point book (points 564 to 698), South Area, Enkomi 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 134-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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ENK. 25-XI-61 Zone 77

The continuation of the stripping made it possible to clarify the junctions between the earliest walls, of distinct construction, large rubble core and small rubble core, the two kinds resting directly on the rock cut in this area. The Middle Bronze wall, East, rests directly against the rock face

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing a stone wall resting on stepped rock; labels: SOL C Br Rec; Br R I et couche Br Moyen; ROC; OUEST; EST

A surprise was the discovery of a well(1) full of pottery in the top 30 1st cm = homogeneous pottery of the very beginning of the Late Bronze. (bichrome vessel with hatched crosses, 1600 BC, opinion confirmed by V. Kss, and sherd red on black) (1) diam. int. = 0 m 50

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

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