Notebook·34 CDF art. 139-8·1970

French Archaeological Mission at Enkomi-Alasia, 21st season: notebook of observations by J. LagarceJacques Lagarce

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

Scan 9 of notebook 34 CDF art. 139-8 (French Archaeological Mission at Enkomi-Alasia, 21st season: notebook of observations by J. Lagarce), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 139-8, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 5Scan 9 of 90

divided into three horizontal layers, separated by light brown layers a little harder -

11/12 Cleaning of the floor with sherds lying flat at 1,05-1,10 m depth. - East sloping steeply from N to S -

12/13 We are still in the fill dark brown clayey - Perhaps layer intermediate - See sherds -

13/14 At the end of the day, we are at 1,15 to 1,21 m depth (according to variations in the surface level of the site) - We have removed 30 cm of reddish-brown dark clayey fill - A white line E-W appears, running obliquely from the south edge of the trench; probably plastered floor with raised edges, like point 1981, to be excavated with the next trench -

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

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