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 77 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 39Scan 77 of 376

P.but no fine pottery - Cistern 4 - (upper part) Almost only - ly fragments of very large vessels (cf. p. 18/19) - A little BM - Pit 3W (continued) = fragments of 2 different tuyères - Pit 54: simple cleaning on rock = BM - Fragment of object in bone, carved with swollen head -

Pit 34 - Note on this pit = it has the shape of a "bottle" cistern the "konnos" was reached at 1,60 m below the surface of the rock, and the excavation stopped because the konnos was sterile - Pottery mixed -

Pit 48 = with the pottery, of BM, small stone grinder -

Note on Cistern 4 = although we have not reached the base, we had to stop, as a safety measure - Temperature at noon = 28o - Threatening weather, but no storm -

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

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