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 209 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.

Unnumbered pageScan 209 of 376

Stamp: 6

Wednesday, 19 October

Pit 28 - 6 m - 6,05 m depth = fragment of zoomorphic vessel (head(?) bull) - Fragment of plaque ivory with head of engraved lion - 2 jars in t.c., lying on the side, one to the south, the other to the NW of the well, intact - Below this layer of pottery, layer of grey clay, sterile for the moment - At the same level as the jugs, fragment of a large vessel cylindrical with "windows" in t.c. greenish, with decoration in brown

Drawing: geometric pattern of chevrons and vertical lines, left part crossed out

(See Page 7) 6,05 to 6,45 m depth, layer of grey clayey mud, containing large broken jugs - This layer rests on the rock -

Pottery of this layer:

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

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