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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 67 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.

Page 49Scan 67 of 170

Monday 23 September

At 6 h 30, opening of the east trench, which bears the index 2 (numbering from 201 to 227) I am in charge of zones 211 to 223 (13 zones). Renato Tamassia is in the north (201 to 210) and Mr Courtois in the south (Sanctuary of the Horns).

213EAt 0,20 m depth, appearance of a small patch of ash

221EAt 0,15 m depth, Turkish pipe At 0,25 m depth, biconical bead in steatite, with eye decoration

220-221EAt 0,20 m depth, several fragments of a large "pithos" without decoration.

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

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