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Thursday 3 October.Wind during the night. 6 h 19°Cels., 1 h: 32 1/2 °C., 5 h: 29°C. Continued excavation, then photos of sanctuaries. Finished dismantling larnax. Nothing to report from elsewhere.
Friday 4 OctoberWind at night, then calm morning: 6 h + 20C ground. — God of the ingot! At 7h 20 when I was explaining how it must be excavated the top of the large kiln with bricks to the N of S. Courtois calls me and tells me that they have just found the top of a bronze statuette: one can see the head with the horns emerging from a bare cap recalling that of the horned god of the temple area area. I give precautionary instructions and come myself to clear the top. Then film and photos of the head and left arm armed with a small conical shield (?) emerging
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain