Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-2·1966

Enkomi excavation notebook 1966, ForrerW. Forrer

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

Scan 169 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-2 (Enkomi excavation notebook 1966, Forrer), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-2, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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JP. NICOLARDOTMonday 3 October 1966
POB 8 FamagustaEnkomi .
CYPRUS .

Monsieur le Professeur Claude Schaeffer Member of the Institut Le Castel Blanc 14 rue Turgot St Germain en Laye 78

Maître et cher Monsieur ,

After eleven days of effective research in the "pits" of the East trench , I send you enclosed the note sheets corresponding to these works ( Observations of Jacques Lagarce and my journal ) - The surveying work is progressing in parallelment , with the help of a boy who is getting used to this particular work . I began the surveys at the North - East end of the East area , so as to keep to the same sectors as Jacques Lagarce , who on his side has found some fine samples of pottery , as you will see in his notes . Our workforce currently consists of : area : | 4 men | 1 boy | 10 women House : | 1 woman .

According to the programme of work that you

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