Notebook·KEF_CF_132553_10·1995–1996

Excavation notebook 10Jean-Christophe Sourisseau

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

Scan 4 of notebook KEF_CF_132553_10 (Excavation notebook 10), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, KEF_CF_132553_10, CC BY 4.0 (by permission of the Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine, 30 October 2026).

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Monday 25 September 1995

7h: start of the excavation ! (drawing) clearing of recent fills in the upper part (still dry) = UF 6- levels fairly hard, compacted by the passage of mechanical diggers - Rare material and of various periods (bases of bottles, plastic pipes etc...)

[(drawing)]

at end of day 10 to 15 cm stripped - Nothing particular to report.

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

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