Notebook·34 CDF art. 136-5·1963

Notes by Lagarce, 16th season of excavations, Enkomi-Alasia, 1963, 1st notebook, continuation of 1962Jacques Lagarce

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

Scan 61 of notebook 34 CDF art. 136-5 (Notes by Lagarce, 16th season of excavations, Enkomi-Alasia, 1963, 1st notebook, continuation of 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 136-5, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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(from the Iron Age to M.B.), which is not surprising, given the abundance of the pits, and the hardness of the earth which prevents one from detecting them.

[?300NT] In the N.W corner of the zone, under konnos, thick white plaster (floor ??) at 0,55m depth.

302NTUnder the floor supporting the vessels, the red earth (cf p. 40) is almost entirely devoid of sherds.

304NTBordering the large pit on the north south to the east and to the west, wall of huge stones (probably quarried on site, judging from their appearance) which rests on

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

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