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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 169 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 72Scan 169 of 402

Saturday 11 November 1967

17th day of the area -

Morning - Continuation of the clearing of the dromos, photographic documentation - 10h 30 - Payment of the workmen -

12h 30 Heavy rain and hail falls. The area is flooded. Impossibility of resuming today the excavation of the tomb. Workforce: 33 M. 24 F. The women are summoned to the area to remove the water. ( 7 women ).

Sunday 12 November 1967It had been planned to excavate the tomb but at 7h30 heavy rainfall. 4 women were present in the morning.

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

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