Notebook·34 CDF art. 139-7·1970

Mission archaeologique française d'Enkomi-Alasia, 21st season, notebook of observations by E. and J. LagarceÉlisabeth Martin du Puytison-Lagarce and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 13 of notebook 34 CDF art. 139-7 (Mission archaeologique française d'Enkomi-Alasia, 21st season, notebook of observations by E. and J. Lagarce), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 139-7, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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depthr, impossible to continue excavation given the narrowness -

1917. To the W of the sword well - Partly covered by N S wall - Excavation begun, then abandoned temporarily at 0,80m depthr for lack of workmen - Lies at the location of a door in the earlier state of the the wall , on the side of the street and under a a threshold of the door of the recent N S wall (over layer of ore or bronze slag). Regular construction, with sometimes very large stones, generally fairly large stones, face towards the interior of the smooth well - Diam: 0,60 to 0,65m - Disturbed from the W: destroyed down to more than 0,80m from the top preserved, which must really be the original top, for the white floor of ore or bronze slag passes

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

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