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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 21 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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Saturday, 3 October

1914 - We are at 2,55 m - Still same earth - Same kind of pottery RB and III C, mixed, with predominance of III C1 . Pottery not abundant since 2 m depth -

1915 - We are at 1,40 m - At 1,20 m, wall ceases to be built and the well widens - 1914 the well widens gently - 2,55-2,70: fragments of skyphoi III C1 - The colour of the earth changes fairly abruptly towards 2,90-3 m = becomes reddish-brown, with fragments of light grey-green konnos, and without black nor charcoal - (Taking of a sample) - At 3,10 m much yellowish-white

1915 - We are at 1,75 m - Still reddish-brown earth light, more humid, pottery not abundant RB I -

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

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