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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 48 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 48 of 61

INDEX DES UF 1996

No.squareDate opened ClosedDefinitionSherds
101I 11 / 3 and 412/09/96 19/09/96layer of fairly mixed fill sur the first levels in place.K 96 1264 to 1323
102Sond. 1512/09/96 12/09/96soakaway to install the pump east of sounding 15. material collected from the spoilK 96 259 to 348
103Sond 1612/09/96 12/09/96soakaway to install the pump west of sounding 16. material collected from the spoil↕ ditto
104I.11 / 3 and 417/09/96 17/09/96reworked backfill on the ramp loc 490. Under uf 101
105I 11/3 and 418/09/96layer of green clay forming the upper part of the ramp loc 490K 96 1324 to 1356
106I 11/3 and 424/09/96 25/09/96layer of black sand (lens) under 105no sherds
107I 11/3 and 425/09/96 26/09/96layer of brown earth forming the upper part of the ramp of état 2K 96 1357 to 1362
108I 11/3 and 425/09/96 26/09/96cut in the ramp of état 2 and its fillK 96 1363 to 1364
109Sond 1526/09/96 2/10/96upper layer after passage of the mechanical diggerK 96 1380 to 1461 K 96 1540 to 1566
110I 11/3 and 426/09/96 1/10/96layer earlier than the ramps = marine vases (Recent Bronze ?)K 96 1462 to 1539

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

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