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 6 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 6 of 61

clear, gravelly, of weak cohesion- this layer a été appelée is numbered UF. 7 . Rather little material- We have reached the level 112. The base seems to consist of rubble (stones bound with mortar) . In place or not ?? To be seen - -> N.E corner (quadrant I . 11/4) - The layer met in this part (UF 8) presents the same characteristics. However, it is extremely rich in pottery and amphorae (in the state of sherds). Dating: Byzantine period ?? -> to be verified - we have reached the level 97 . In the base, this type of infill seems to continue-

End of day, the workmen have almost finished the stripping of UF 6 (layer of surface. phew !

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

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