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Manuscript·34 CDF art. 168-1·1952

Drafts and notes "Annexe I" and "Works at Nicosia-Bakou (1952)"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 22 of manuscript 34 CDF art. 168-1 (Drafts and notes "Annexe I" and "Works at Nicosia-Bakou (1952)"), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-1, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 22 of 24

Annexe I (suite) 2

Main Historical conclusions

SchaefferDikaios
("Temple")
1. The ashlar building with floor V was1. The ashlar building with floor V
built by Achaean chiefs invaders ofwas built by Ach. colonists invaders of
Cyprus during of the XIVth c. B.C.,Cyprus of the XIIIth . c. B.C.
(Late Cypriote II = Cypr. Rec. III)(Late Cypriote III = Cypr. de Fer I) during
during the great Mycenaeanthe their arrival coinciding
expansion noticeable also atthus
R.S. and so that, so duringcoinciding with the arrival of
which we have probably also [illegible]after after the fall of
so at Troy was destroyedTroy, (Theopompus, Agamemnon & Teucer) at the beginning of
and occupied. The traditionalthe XII. c. according to the
date of 1183 for the fall of Troy of this eventthe traditional (Erastosthenes)
seems to be wrong. – Nodate which he accepts. – Appearance
Philistine pottery yet observed or related pottery style yet observed.of pottery shapes characteristic of Philistine
repertory. Foundation of Salamis (p. 184)
(taking over of p. p. 185 a)
2. Whether The Achaeans of2 Phase not recognized observed
Cyprus after having joining the expeditionby Dik. in the "Temple
against Egypt having beenbuilding".
defeated by Mineptah (ca 1220)
found themselves weakened,
and have been were overthrown in Enkomi
by another wave probably of
Rhodian origin and probably also Achaean origin,
users of the close mycenean close style
pottery at the end of the XIIIth
or very c. It is possible
that this is the conquest of
Cypr. by Attarsija and the
man chief of Piggaja mentioned
in the Madduwatta text when the
text of Arnuwanda III (ca 1220 - 1205) (end of XIIIth c.) 1220-1205) was king of the Hittites

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

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