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 55 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 28Scan 55 of 200

Friday 9 October

Quarter 2 W, tomb 1920 E-W section in the filling

Drawing: E-W section of a pit with stones and soil layers; labels: W; E; Terre grise; Terre rouge avec lignes grises 1 m ("terre à pits"); 0,80m; 2,50 m

We resume the excavation of this pit, while waiting for the weather to warm up to allow the workman to go down into the well 1918-

In 1969, tomb 1920 had yielded fine Myc III A and III B pottery, fragments of a large vessel in yellow faience and sling bullets of unfired earth.

Several more sling bullets -

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

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