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 163 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 69Scan 163 of 402

Tuesday 7 November 1967 13th day of excavation -

Fine weather, cool and sunny in the morning.

Staff : 36 men 24 women.

Earth of 6.XI.67 = 22 + 10 (Sunday) = 32

Sector 20

Continuation of the clearing of the blocking in the "tomb" ? The rock being very friable this work is stopped . A small sounding in depth is carried out - The rock is reached without discovering the slightest fragment of pottery . It must be a looted tomb walled up by later to secure the foundations of the upper constructions .

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

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