Notebook·34 CDF art. 135-1·1962

Enkomi 1962, excavation notebook of Jacques-Claude CourtoisJacques-Claude Courtois

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

Scan 105 of notebook 34 CDF art. 135-1 (Enkomi 1962, excavation notebook of Jacques-Claude Courtois), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 135-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 52Scan 105 of 188

Saturday 1st December 1962

From the beginning of the morning, uncovering of the fourteenth bull's head at 0 m 85 depth, between the pt. 883 and 904, zone 1.25 E = pt. 915; beside it, pithos, in situ pt. 914 [not cleared beyond the edge

Zone 1.23 E, in the well discovered under the thick layer of ash grey, two sherds of a painted vessel with two red birds, pt ||. 916 || in a simple but remarkable style.

Same zone, pt. 917, bracelet in bronze in the ash layer with several spindle whorls

Zones 122 123, mass of sherds III C 1 in the thick ash layer between 1 m 50 and 1 m 80 depth

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

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