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 63 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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At the level where we take it, large stone, coming no doubt from the neighbouring wall -

Cistern no.: 4 - We reach a narrowing of the cistern, without doubt because the rock becomes harder -

Temperature at noon = 29o - Violent west wind.

Afternoon: while looking at the pottery of the 1965 campaign stored in the garage, I find 2 fragments (marked 717 E, - 2,50 m), which form part of a vessel of which I have the continuation in the pit 56. Reconstruction of this vessel = rhyton with raised handle, decorated with panels of spirals. Recalls the decoration of a stirrup vase in the Museum of Rhodes - Paint very fragile - Pt_ topo 1438

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

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