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 3 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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Tuesday 10 September 1985_ 9 workmen 1 (for the whole excavation!) general cleaning

Wednesday 11 September 198510 workmen (for the whole excavation!). UF 101. We begin to dismantle the stack of floors = J7/ Classical / Archaic between - the Hellenistic area to the west - the Geometric area to the east. Levelling up to above floor 274 (big white floor) .......... patience!!!! .....

visit of Madame Yon, Director of the Bamboula excavation, passing through Larnaca for midday.... ZOB 3 = token in terracotta = K85.37 = KEF 774

Thursday 12 September 1985_ 11 workmen (for the whole excavation)

continuation UF 101.

Friday 13 September 198513 workmen (= whole area) continuation UF 101. - end UF 101.

opening UF 102, under UF 101 UF 101 : K85. 1 - 37 : no Hellenistic, mixture of Classical I and Classical II (pit 444 unidentified) , no new forms; several F109 in Attic, nbses local and imported jars, bowls and plates PW Classical. Monday 16 September 1985 15 workmen ZOB 4 : token in terracotta = K85.67 = KEF 775 ( = whole area) continuation UF 102. ZOB 5 : weight in terracotta = K85.68 = KEF 776 CER 1 = frag. bowl black figure = K85.76 = KEF 777

Tuesday 17 September 198522 workmen (whole area) continuation UF 102 end UF 102. UF 102 : K85.38-78 : mixture of Classical I and II same general aspect as UF 101 , many red figures.

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

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