Notes and drafts on Alasia IClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

Com on 23.VI (Escale) Gods and sanctuaries of the Peoples and their sanctuaries of the North and of the Islands at Enkomi - Alasia . (XII^th - XI^th c. B.C.) On 11 November 1963, at At during our 16^th campaign of excavations at Enkomi - Alasia, [written sideways: the campaign of 1963] during the during the systematic clearance of the sanctuary dating to the Cypriot Iron I (C.F.I) in November discovered 1963, situated between the 4^th and the 5^th east-west streets South of the gridded plan of the town, ⁽¹⁾ there took place. the discovery of find of a statuette in bronze, height of depicting high of depicting 35 cm, which provided us (depicting) a standing god, representing a god helmeted and armed. It was For the first armed. standing upright on a small time we were able, on an ingot of bronze. It was the first deity whom we had worshipped by the of the pantheon of the Peoples of the North could identify the name and the | and of the Islands then then settled functions and all<s>/ find again + also the | at the beginning of Iron I<s>/ at Enkomi - Alasia and whose we have sanctuary and the remains of the | have can his worship of of his | of a deity worshipped by the

(1) The clearance of the sanctuary was carried out during campaigns 14 to 17 of the Archaeological Mission 14 to 17 between 1961 and 1965 French of Enkomi - Alasia, between during during the autumn of the years 1961 to 1965. The supervision archaeological of this area particularly | was<s>/ was entrusted by to my<s>/ fruitful and also complicated of our research research was was ensured entrusted to Mr Jean Claude by<s> my proven collaborator/ Courtois, research officer at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. assisted by his sister Miss Liliane, was<s>/ both members of the same institution. He accomplished of this mission with competence and meticulous care of which testifies <s>their his/ his report on published hereafter below, p. ... à .....