Notebook·KEF_CF_132560_13·1999

Excavation notebook 13Jean-Christophe Sourisseau

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

Scan 17 of notebook KEF_CF_132560_13 (Excavation notebook 13), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, KEF_CF_132560_13, CC BY 4.0 (by permission of the Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine, 30 October 2026).

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16 16 Wednesday 29 September 1999

continuing the clearing of the ramps. (UF 9, 10 and 11)

General clearing of the floor of level 2 to the west and south of the ramp 731. 3 slabs of marmaro to the west. beaten earth floor elsewhere. Sol = Loc 828

Thursday 30 September 1999

continuing the excavation of the ramps = UF 9, 10 and 11 + excavation to the the to the north of the 3 marmaro set [illegible] on floor 828, at the west of ramp 731 Aim: to find the floor of level 2. Problem: the area was disturbed by a few blows of a mechanical digger -> in fact the floor was not found. the excavated fill UF 12 made up of fragments of mudbrick and rubble

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

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