Document·34 CDF art.25·1 June 1951

The new discoveries at Enkomi in Cyprus, excavation season of autumn 1950, and a summaryClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 33 of document 34 CDF art.25 (The new discoveries at Enkomi in Cyprus, excavation season of autumn 1950, and a summary), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art.25, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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4. Between 1150 and 1100, [handwritten: ?] struggle against floods in the lower part of the town; closure of all doors and windows opening onto the east-west streets, and raising of floors III and II to the level reached by the alluvium[handwritten: (floor III and II)]

5. Around 1100, destruction by earthquake of part of the habitations of Enkomi corresponding to floor II[handwritten: (floor II)]

6. Between about 1100 and 1050, last period of relative prosperity of the town; diffusion of copper ingots of the Enkomi type[handwritten: (floor I)]

7. About 1050, new invasion, final destruction, followed by the desertion of the town by its inhabitants.

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

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