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 135 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 67Scan 135 of 188

Saturday 8 December 1962Heavy rain, from 15h → 20h In the stripping of the burnt floor zone 25 East, cf. p. 37, during the removal of pithos 850 /851, uncovering of a _stirrup vase of the Close Style_, in the charcoal and black ashes (photos in situ) pt. 953 [exported temporarily] and 954, 1m to the east, same level In reality, it is a whole group of vessels which is progressively uncovered, among the charred beams on the floor of the Mycenaean III C 1, or Close Style. Numerous photos in situ, during and after clearance by Mikael, Dimitra Manoli and myself. Pt^ 955 = Jar at the foot of 851 and to the S.-W. Meanwhile, the washing of the pottery continues on the grid

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

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