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Notebook·KEF_CF_132583_11·1997

Excavation notebook 11Jean-Christophe Sourisseau

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

Scan 20 of notebook KEF_CF_132583_11 (Excavation notebook 11), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, KEF_CF_132583_11, CC BY 4.0 (by permission of the Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine, 30 October 2026).

Unnumbered pageScan 20 of 37

Index of UF.

N°SquareDates opened/closedDefinitionSherds
101I 10/212 September 16 SeptemberCleaning around the pillar Loc 754K 97. 3001 to 3014
102Sounding 1516 September 23 SeptemberRoman fill layer [illegible]
103Sond. 1522 SeptemberRoman silt layer, below UF 102 and on substrate
104Sond 1724 September 24 Septembersand layer below the English level and on the Roman level -
105Sond 1724 Septemberfill layer of Roman date
106Sond 1624 Septemberfill layer of Roman date.
107Sond 1529 September 29 Septemberfill layer of Roman date construction of Loc 801
108Sond 1729 SeptemberRoman yellow silt layer below UF 105 seen in section

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

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