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 203 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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Monday, 17 October

Pit 28 - 5,45 m: pebble used as a hammer, and 1 quern made of an extremely coarse limestone - Brown-red earth with charcoal and black plaques -tres - Pottery abundant, generally undecorated - Bones of animals -

T. 112. Removal of vessels 1 to 5 and completion of the excavation - The floor of the tomb is a konnos grey-blue, with a bench running along the 3 walls, without door - Pottery III C1: cups with horizontal bands, jugs with white slip -ed, vessels with antithetic spirals -ic -

Pit 28 - 4,70 m = arrowhead bronze, intact (drawing), and fragments of another -

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

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