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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 21 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 21 of 37

N°squareDatesDefinitionSherds
109Sond 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section = layer of pebbles under UF 108 Pump hole south
110Sond 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section = layer of sandy mud, under UF 109. Pump hole south
111Sond 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section = layer of mud, resting on the substrate. Under 110. Pump hole south
112Sond 1729 Septemberpump hole south of sond. 17
113Sond 1529 SeptemberPump hole of sond. 15
114Sond 1629 SeptemberPump hole of sond. 16
115Sond 1729 SeptemberPump hole north of sond. 17
116Sond 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section - = layer of pebbles, under UF 108 Pump hole north
117Sond 17 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section = layer of cockle mud, under 116
118Sond 1729 Septemberlayer seen in section = mud with posidonia under 117 Pump hole north

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

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