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 37 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 19Scan 37 of 154

315E(continued)At the other end of the larnax, a little lower down, loom weight in unfired clay, in modelled konnos, still soft owing to the humidity of the earth. (drawing) (photo) Very close to the NW face of the larnax, au at the same depthas the loom weight, a very small bronze ball (diam. 0,2 cm c.) It is now realised that it is the whole back face (SW) of the larnax, which is missing, and not only the corner - Fragments of konnos, some having undergone fire. Rare fragments, tiny, of charcoal wood (or decomposed wood) and of baked clay. —

414EAt 0,60 m, in the E part

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

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