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 217 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, 31 October

Note on the pottery of the excavated wells.

During the past month, while emptying the pits, we excavated = 2 wells or silos of the Late Bronze = nos. 10 and 41- 2 3 wells of the beginning of the Iron Age = nos. 7, 43.S., and 52/57 1 well of the second phase of the Iron Age ("wavy-line"): no.: 28-

Most striking finds from these wells or silos = Bronze Age = 1 dagger: well silo 41 Iron Age = 1st phase: 1 calathos } no.: 7 1 inscribed loom weight } 2nd phase = 1 inscribed sherd = no.: 28

Another interest of these wells = disturbed at the surface, they offer lower down

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

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