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 37 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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North to South over 0,50 from East to West; finally 2e step to the

South of the first at c. 0,22 m above.

Drawing: plan of a stepped entrance with hatched walls and arrows; labels: N; 1ère marche; 2e marche; + 0,70; + 0,92; 0; palier; mur

So here we have a type of zigzag entrance with successive landings

sifs. The original character of the arrangement is due to the existence of a

wall of large stones bordering this stairway dromos to the South and

then to the West. This wall, whose position has been excavated

in the rock, is placed in the continuation of the lintel

and then turns towards the South. It is made of large blocks which present

a flat face towards the interior. This wall comprises only a

single course of blocks (av. th.: 0,45 m), whose dressing is

a fairly remarkable feature in this sector.

The door of the burial chamber is surmounted by a lintel 0,84

m long by 0,38 high and 0,48 wide. The entrance is 0,60 m

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

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