Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-3·1966

French Mission Enkomi-Alasia, 1966 season, notebook of notes and observations by J. LagarceJacques Lagarce

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

Scan 117 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-3 (French Mission Enkomi-Alasia, 1966 season, notebook of notes and observations by J. Lagarce), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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including half a sheep's jaw(?) 3,45 m = we continue to find a few bones, half a jaw like the previous one - From 3,05 m to 3,45 m, the earth was ashy in places - At 3,45 m, it becomes much more so, and sherds in abundance are found in this grey earth = sherds of large vessels and a few painted sherds-

Well no. 10 - Still the same earth greenish, but very oxidised in places, with large sherds and fragments of base-ring cups - We are at a depth of 5 m -

Well no. 13 = We reach a konnos sterile reddish - We have not found in this well since the stones only rare sherds, mixed, as if one had abandoned the digging, and filled it with the upper part of the construction - J.P.N. has put forward

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

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