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 41 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 21Scan 41 of 376

Pit no. 3, east chamber - All the fill left by the last visitors having been removed, only the fill remains, of which a schematic section appears on p. 17 - We are beginning the removal of this fill layer by layer, in accordance with the sketch on p. 17 - In the recent fill, Pit no. a "sling bullet" was recovered of poorly fired earth.

Pit no. 4 - It is very probably a cistern, although we have not yet been able to record with certainty any lining. However, against the walls, the earth is sandy = perhaps decomposed mortar. Still many stones - They come from the collapse of the vault, thin - The pottery is still

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

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