Notebook·34 CDF art. 139-10·1970

Excavation notebook of Olivier Pelon, Enkomi-Alasia, 1970Olivier Pelon

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

Scan 17 of notebook 34 CDF art. 139-10 (Excavation notebook of Olivier Pelon, Enkomi-Alasia, 1970), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 139-10, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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abuts against the natural rock that projects towards the East. On this rocky projection was built a straight wall of 0,60 m long, including in its lower part a block of squared poros. This wall abuts against the West jamb of the tomb door, itself an integral part of a wall

Drawing: schematic plan of rectangular blocks forming a corner and doorway; labels: rounded of the chamber; door; walls

straight, oriented East- West. This arrangement is explained by the necessity of passing from the ellipsoidal plan of the chamber to the square plan of the entrance. The door is particularly remarkable for the use of large monolithic blocks for the jambs and for the lintel. Of likewise, the threshold is made of a single block clearly raised above the floor of the tomb. The straight North wall, to the East of the door, plays the role of continuous buttress. Length from the East jamb: 2,95 m. Its structure could be studied to the North-East of the chamber, where Johnstone notes a pit dug by clandestine diggers from the village of Enkomi. The wall was built against the rock specially cut to receive the tomb. It is made of dressed blocks

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

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