Notebook·34 CDF art. 136-5·1963

Observations notebook of J. Lagarce, 16th season of excavations at Enkomi-Alasia, 1963, 2nd notebookJacques Lagarce

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

Scan 123 of notebook 34 CDF art. 136-5 (Observations notebook of J. Lagarce, 16th season of excavations at Enkomi-Alasia, 1963, 2nd notebook), 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 62Scan 123 of 154

Monday, 14 October. S17E On floor 0,55m, large cylindrical bead t c (loom weight)

S12E(limit S11)Resumed the excavation of the pit. Hole roughly circular. Pottery very abundant, L.B. This therefore seems to be a tomb. But, at 0,42 m below the surface of the rock, the hole ends. It is perhaps a pit where they threw the pottery of the tomb 1321

S13/S14EAt 8 h 40, opening of tomb 1321. It is empty. On the ceiling, inscription: "B. M. 1896" (= British Museum) and, on the a corbelling

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

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