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Notebook·34 CDF art. 139-5·1970

Beyer's notebook, Enkomi 1970, sector 7W, cuttings 111, 112, 113Dominique Beyer

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

Scan 1 of notebook 34 CDF art. 139-5 (Beyer's notebook, Enkomi 1970, sector 7W, cuttings 111, 112, 113), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 139-5, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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ENK 70 Sector 7 W Squares 111-112-113

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630 Start of work in these squares laid out the previous evening. Weeding and excavation at surface in a layer of browngreyish powdery earth. Sherds from the surface, generally rather coarse. 930 Earth slightly harder, breaking into small clods. Sherds fewer for the moment. (On the surface, it is in 111 that the sherds were most numerous.) 1120 At the north limit of 113, appearance of some stones which may belong to an east-west alignment (?) 1330 In this same sector, at the level of the stones, (- 15 to - 20 cm), discovery of a fragment of small vessel: (drawing)

1530 The stones in 113 do not yet form a true alignment.

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

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