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 57 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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The afternoon was then interrupted by showers forcing us to hurry back in with all the fragile equipment –

In the evening. Inspection of the pottery from pit 3, east chamber, filling Late (L.R.) Among this pottery are : a fragment of steatite tray, two fragments of ostrich egg, a large fragment of very oxidised bronze, fragments of a vessel of completely worn alabaster, a fragment of box lid of ivory. The pottery covers from Late Bronze II to the Iron Age - In addition to the fine cup mentioned p. 18, fragment of another of the same type - Fine Mycenaean – 1 v. with "Close Style" decoration, a fragment of bowl "wavy line" - Majority

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

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