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 5 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.

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1st day

Monday 12 November 1962At 7h, opening of the excavation area with 13 workmen, divided into two trenches West Paving (7 workmen) and North Temple (6 workmen) then 7 workmen shortly after ( = 14

On the North Temple trench, one proceeds first to the removal of some spoil from the 1960 campaign (ch. H. de Contenson) At 8h, the excavation really begins with the attack on the surface. Until noon, the pickmen remove the 1st layer of 25 to 30 cm thickness immediately below the present surface, without finding anything other than a few sherds, some of which with painted decoration (parallel lines) of the final period of Enkomi (11th century BC.)

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

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