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 71 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 35Scan 71 of 188

Friday 23 November 1962

Tr. EST 26, clarification of the stratigraphy of the floors and various vessels of Iron I uncovered on 21, 22, 23 November (pt. top. 815, 825, 826 834, 840)

Drawing: stratigraphic section showing a stone wall on the left and three floor levels on the right; labels: surface; WALL in rubble; brown earth on white lime 815; FLOOR I at - 0m45; 834 compacted brown + charcoal; FLOOR II white, 0,75; 840; KOVVOS; FLOOR III greyish with gravel at 0m 85/90

The kylix 815 lay above floor I, the weights and jars, as well as vessel 834 lay on floor II, and bowl 840 as well as the idol t.c. (headless), on the floor III, the thickest of the series, about 5 to 6 cm (with (drawing) in red t.c. coarse) cf. photo zénithale

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

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