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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 15 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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progressive. Towards 11h., in 115 - 116, the floor is less clear than in squares 114 - 113 etc. Surface more irregular, greyer; floor little marked in the sections. Few sherds characteristic in relation to the floor: sector rather poor. We begin to excavate the pit of 116 towards 1500.

24/X The progressive cleaning of the floor in 114 - 115 continues without great results. One stone of the "ashlar" type is located approximately at the W limit of 115 - 114, at 40 cm from the W balk (P. 0,75 m c.), long 60 and w. 40 cm approximately. Does it belong to a north-south wall, of which a few rubble stones can be made out towards the north, at a slightly lower level? Another stone of this type exists in the south-west corner of 115, at 60 cm from the

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

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