Notebook·34 CDF art. 134-1·1965

Enkomi excavation notebook, 1965, R. KussR. Kuss

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

Scan 73 of notebook 34 CDF art. 134-1 (Enkomi excavation notebook, 1965, R. Kuss), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 134-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 37Scan 73 of 176

the storm stopped at about 13h00 . Everything is flooded and we will only be able to work on the surface tomorrow . Cleaned the old building again after this flood .

Thursday 7 October Temperatures | 6h00 - | 16° | 12h00 - | 27° | 18h00 - | 20° workforce: 19 men + 1 + 4 Fe . Obliged to concentrate the workmen on the surface because nothing is possible at the bottom of the trench . All the floors and sections are stained and illegible . at 9h00 , telegram from Monsieur Schaeffer explaining the false arrival of yesterday and foreseeing arrival Nicosia 9h40 + taxi for Engomi . Weather slightly sunny but cloudy at intervals . No news from Lapierre, to whom I wrote about the non-functioning of the plumbing . at 11h00 arrival of Monsieur Schaeffer , Miss Forrer and Courtois .

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

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