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Enkomi - Alasia, 1963 ( 16th Excavation season ) .
For the start of the excavations, from Monday 16 September, see the notebooks of excavation of Courtois, Lagarce, Nicolardot (and Tamassia). My arrival, on Saturday 21 September on the Italian ship Brennero from Beirut. 6h at anchor, 8 h landed at the quay, 9h at Enkomi, set up at the Camp and see the excavations. Everything went well, some trenches to the W. and N.-W. were filled in again. I give instructions that from Monday all activity be transferred to a single trench of more than 80m with 47 workmen, tr. N.-S. parallel to our excavations of 1962. The sanctuary of the Iron Age occupies the S. end of this trench. – During the pay made by Courtois and Mikhail, I go
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