Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-4·1966

Enkomi-Alasia, journal of Nicolardot, 1966, 18th seasonJ.-P. Nicolardot

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 31 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-4 (Enkomi-Alasia, journal of Nicolardot, 1966, 18th season), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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22.IX.66 (Continued) Pit 3 the workman is moved to P.5 the time to take a photo. P.5 is finished straight away. Resumed excavation of P.3

P.4. It does not seem that we have a tomb, but a cistern or a large silo. There is no "dromos" access, but only a zenith hole resulting from the collapsement of the top of the vault cut into the rock - along the walls one notices a sort of greyish material in decomposition, perhaps the remains of a coating?

P.34 Placing of the workman from P.3 who has finished.

The excavation continues in P.52.57 (shaft) which yields pottery -

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

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