Notebook·KEF_CF_160581_14·1985

Excavation notebook 14Jean-François Salles

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

Scan 15 of notebook KEF_CF_160581_14 (Excavation notebook 14), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, KEF_CF_160581_14, CC BY 4.0 (by permission of the Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine, 30 October 2026).

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Friday 20 September.7

J7/4-J6/1 : continuation of UF 112, under the Classical floor

J7/2 . : continuation of UF 111, floor first white Archaic floor

H8/4 : continuation of UF 110, where traces of the wall can be seen 432

J8/1 surface cleaning and opening of the square = UF 113

J7/2. end of clearing of the upper white Archaic floor = floor 446 ▲ south altitude: 4.63 m. ▲ north: 4.70 UF 114 the whole thickness of the large floor is cleared white (± 25 cm). down to its base. UF 111 = K85.241 → 253 : Attic / Archaic. EAA 1 = inscribed sherd, 2 painted letters = KEF 793 (K85.241) H8/4 : in UF 110, EOB 1 = bronze ring EOB 2 : fragment of basalt tripod, type B. Recent.

End of day :

- J7/4 / J6/1 : continuation of UF 112, nothing of note.

- J7/2 : continuation of UF 114, nothing of note.

- J8/1 : continuation of UF 113. nothing of note.

- H8/4. UF. 110. a - in the northern foundation trench of wall 432 ( crushed sandstone fill), at the bottom we find slabs of marmaro well laid flat along the length of the wall. according to O. Callot, it would be an attempt to "waterproof" the trench: a sort of pavement to walk on with dry feet. in 1 place, this this "pavement" is bonded to the base of the wall by plaster. = pavement 447 →

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

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