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 9 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).

Unnumbered pageScan 9 of 70

8 8 Tuesday 21 September 1999

In the service corridor, at the top of the ramp 494

[(drawing)]

excavation of the fill layer beneath the floor 478 = UF 4 (finer texture than UF 3) UF 4 rests against pillar 480 and on a mortar surface laid flat and against the pillar 480. it is probable that it is a working floor of phase 3, already observed outside the (Loc 823) structure in brick Loc 821-822, working floor in this sector = floor 824 —> ramp 731.

In the service corridor, the floor 825 has appeared entirely - it is remarkable for its large bumps.

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

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