Notebook·34 CDF art. 175·1962

Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962R. Kuss

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

Scan 11 of notebook 34 CDF art. 175 (Excavation journal of R. Kuss, Enkomi 1962), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 175, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Page 49Scan 11 of 64

during the afternoon, in the Courtois trench a first rough floor becomes clear at -0,45 .

3 Tuesday 13 November

in the kitchen: 2 Fe + 1 Fe for washing and ironing on the area . 15 workmen . weather still very fine and even warm . the tractor broke down yesterday, resumed this morning the removal of earth . laying out of squares for pottery . Courtois trench

Drawing: two perpendicular rectangular trenches with numbered subdivisions and a north arrow; labels: Courtois trench; 3; 2; 1; 0; North; 6; 5; 4; 3; 2; 1; Lagarce trench

Inventory of excavation equipment, after verification . 66 pickaxes , 41 small pickaxes 79 shovels , 5 small shovels 6 metal buckets , 33 plastic basins 1 sledgehammer

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

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