Notebook·34 CDF art. 138-6·1967

19th season of excavations at Enkomi, notebook of Schaeffer and LagarceJacques Lagarce

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

Scan 147 of notebook 34 CDF art. 138-6 (19th season of excavations at Enkomi, notebook of Schaeffer and Lagarce), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 138-6, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 61Scan 147 of 402

Sectors 19 and 20 The large stones which had raised hopes of the discovery of a built tomb are cleared - The whole does not appear to belong to a tomb but to a kind of very thick paving on which an occupation is found of Iron I - This construction, by the size of the stones - some reach 1,26 m in length, by 0,50 m wide, for a thickness of 0,18 m - must belong to the Bronze Age but may have been reused in Iron I.

Near the well whose kerb bears traces of wear, remains of hearths or kiln in brick and debris of a large vessel and pottery of the wavy-line type -

To the East of the masonry a pit has badly damaged this curious installation -

15 h 00 - The very violent rain obliges us to suspend work on the area. Filing of photographic documentation.

Earth = 7 trips -

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

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