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 91 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.

Page 43Scan 91 of 140

Saturday 18 November 1961Zone 134, pt. 669 at - 1 m 00 bronze ring with flat engraved bezel (very oxidised, broken into three pieces), with stylised idol head 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 below the level with numerous terracotta idols. = XXth dynasty, according to J. Vandier . . . . .

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 stylised idol head with a large pointed nose and discoid skull of the type so abundant for the past three days = pt. 670 + painted sherds, cf. 639 Inv. 95 | exported (single box)

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

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