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 25 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.

Page 13Scan 25 of 376

moved towards pit no. 49 -

Pit no. 49 - This pit and its surroundings immediate yield pottery of the Middle Bronze - The rock is reached straight away -

Pit no. 3 east - Pottery of LC I and II. Fragment of a skull -

Pit no. 3 west - The chamber extends towards the north-west, with an second entrance to the south-west of the first. At the back of the chamber, (cross on sketch), in the fill earth, slab oval, having probably

Drawing: elongated shape with two small circles at the bottom, an X at the top and a north arrow; labels: X; P3

closed one of the entrances. Beside it, the earth is compact: perhaps a part neglected by the tomb excavators -

Drawing: oval shape with two crossed double-headed diagonal arrows, and a rectangular cross-section below; labels: 59; 50; 15 cm

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

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