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 41 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.

Page 21Scan 41 of 200

which extends over the greater part of the surface of the shaft: appearance of marly debris or of compacted fine ash. Contains bone of the spinal column of a small quad ruped (kid ??). We take a sample.

Under the white layer, loose reddish earth. Large fragment of jar. Before 2,10 m, two were found grinders (shaped pebbles) -

1917. At a depth of 3,20 m, the floor opens under the workman's feet: the compacted slag forms a sort of solid platform, under which the shaft is empty over 1 m of height. Photo. Nylon placed at the bottom of the cavity to prevent the fall of slag

Drawing: vertical section of a shaft with a hatched upper zone and an empty lower zone; labels: SCO-; RIES; VIDE; SOL ?

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

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